Dinesh Trivedi, India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh, met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Tuesday. This meeting came just one day after Trivedi’s courtesy call on Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in Dhaka.
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On Monday, during his interaction with Rahman, High Commissioner Trivedi extended greetings from Prime Minister Modi and expressed the commitment to collaborate with the Bangladeshi administration and its citizens in a positive, constructive, and forward-looking manner. At the beginning of the interaction, the Bangladesh Prime Minister welcomed the Indian envoy, who shared his experience of serving in Dhaka over the past two months. “The interaction you refer to is being organised by a private media entity. The government has no involvement whatsoever in it.
Dhaka also reiterated its request to New Delhi for the return of individuals it alleges were involved in the murder of Shahid Osman Hadi, one of the prominent figures behind the July uprising, who was shot at close range on December 12, 2025.
“High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi called on Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today and sought his guidance on further strengthening the multifaceted and enduring bilateral relationship between India and Bangladesh in a constructive manner with a people-centric approach,” the High Commission of India in Bangladesh posted on X. The meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in the Cabinet Division at the Bangladesh Secretariat assumed significance as Dhaka expressed “hope” that India will expedite the extradition process of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was ousted following a student-led uprising in 2024. “Bangladesh expressed hope that India will expedite the extradition process of Sheikh Hasina, according to a statement issued by the Bangladesh Prime Minister’s Office. “At the same time, Bangladesh reiterated its request to India to return the killers involved in the murder of Shahid Osman Hadi,” the statement added. Neither does it endorse any views that may be expressed at the forum,” Jaiswal said.
