Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman to visit India in November? Here's what we know so far

India and Bangladesh have reportedly started talks on Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s bilateral visit to India. Officials are exploring a window for a visit in the second half of November, The Indian Express reported, citing sources.

Meanwhile, diplomatic sources also confirmed to The Hindu that Delhi and Dhaka have resumed talks at an official level to firm up plans for Rahman’s visit to India.

What we know so far

Sources in Dhaka told The Hindu that Prime Minister Rahman is scheduled to travel to New York this month for the United Nations General Assembly, after which he will have several diplomatic engagements in October and November, while efforts are on to schedule his visit to New Delhi during an opportune time in November.

The report claimed that officials on both sides are continuing talks in Dhaka and are working to put together an agenda for the visit that will include regularization of bilateral trade, which has been affected due to volatile political relations and questions over the renewal of the Ganges Water Treaty, among other things.

This development came days after New Delhi hosted the BRICS Summit 2026. Rahman did not attend the event even though India had invited Bangladesh as the host nation.

Dhaka ruled out the possibility of Prime Minister Rahman visiting India for the BRICS summit, claiming that Rahman was invited not as prime minister but as chairman of the seven-member BIMSTEC in South and East Asia.

Bangladesh Foreign Minister Humayun Kobir had earlier said that Bangladesh plans to “reset” relations with India and hence Dhaka will favor a bilateral visit at an “opportune” moment.

“When the environment is conducive and mutual respect is maintained, bilateral visits will take place. There is no need to rush,” Kobir said, adding that Bangladesh is working to arrange a bilateral visit to India once the timing is favorable.” – Minister of State for External Affairs Humaiun Kobir

Earlier, Delhi had invited Rahman for a bilateral visit in August. But that did not materialize, the Indian Express reported.

There was an outcry in Bangladesh over former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s remarks during an audio-link media interaction on August 5, marking two years since the fall of her government. Hasina was deposed as Prime Minister of Bangladesh on 5 August 2024 and lives in India.

The Speaker of Parliament of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Nurul Islam Moni, recently said that Bangladesh is reviewing 101 agreements signed with India.

When asked if the agreements allowing friendly countries’ ships to use Chattogram and Mongla ports would be cancelled, Moni said Bangladesh was reviewing all 101 memorandums of understanding (MoUs).

On 17 February, India sent Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to join the inauguration of Rahman’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party government after the 12 February general election.