India, Dec. 1 -- Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi on Sunday said he continues to view Bangladesh as a friend and expects the current turbulence in the neighbouring country to turn around.

Bangladesh has been in turmoil since the student-led protests in August last year that unseated the Sheikh Hasina government. The interim regime that followed has taken a hostile stance towards New Delhi, even as Sheikh Hasina - now in India - was handed a death sentence in absentia on November 17 by a special tribunal for "crimes against humanity". Dhaka has formally sought her repatriation.

Responding to a query, Admiral Tripathi said in Pune that he would "still not describe Bangladesh as anything other than a friend", adding that the present ph...