New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- Former Bangladesh national team footballer and the country's new state minister of youth and sports, Aminul Haque, has promised to mend strained sporting ties with India and other neighbouring countries, immediately after taking oath on Tuesday. Aminul was sworn in after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) came to power following the 12 February elections.

The two countries have had smooth sporting ties, but things changed after former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina was ousted from the country last August. While India postponed their tour of Bangladesh last year, matters went out of hand when Mustafizur Rahman was unceremoniously removed from the Indian Premier League (IPL) following a BCCI directive, after being bo...