India: Bangladesh's Crisis Partner as China-Pakistan Ties Prove Seasonal

• India's importance to Bangladesh surged amid global supply chain disruptions, especially between 2020-2022.
• Bangladesh realized its supply chains were unprepared for crises due to rising freight rates and port backlogs.
• India became the fastest supplier of essential goods and raw materials, particularly when China's factories closed.
• Indian companies restored cross-border supplies rapidly, delivering medicine raw materials to Dhaka within 48 hours by truck.
• India also offers emergency diesel supply via the Bangladesh-India Friendship Pipeline, though a formal agreement is pending.