.jpeg)
BIG NEWS
- Bangladesh inviting Modi, other regional leaders for Tarique Rahman's swearing-in ceremony
- Missing Indian student Saketh Sreenivasaiah found dead in US
- Karachi markets cash in as India-Pakistan hype drives jersey boom
- Mumbai Metro slab collapse: CM Fadnavis orders probe, vows action
- Pothole deaths rise 53 per cent in 5 years; UP accounts for over half of 9,400 fatalities
- After landslide victory, BNP pushes India to extradite Sheikh Hasina
- Bangladesh elections: Political heir Tarique Rahman in line for PM after BNP claims victory
- Government not to bring motion against Rahul as BJP member has given notice for it: Rijiju
- India clears proposal of Rs 3.25 lakh crore deal to buy 114 Rafale fighter jets from Dassault
- RERA doing nothing except facilitating defaulting builders: SC
Bangladesh inviting Modi, other regional leaders for Tarique Rahman's swearing-in ceremony
Public Lokpal
February 15, 2026
Bangladesh inviting Modi, other regional leaders for Tarique Rahman's swearing-in ceremony
NEW DELHI: Bangladesh is learnt to be in the process of inviting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several other regional leaders to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the country's next prime minister, Tarique Rahman, on February 17, people familiar with the matter said on Saturday.
It is learnt that Dhaka has already communicated its plan to New Delhi.
Rahman's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has indicated that the leaders of several countries in the region would be invited for the ceremony.
Modi is unlikely to travel to Dhaka as he is scheduled to hold bilateral talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in Mumbai on February 17.
New Delhi may send a senior government functionary to attend Rahman's swearing-in ceremony, it is learnt.
In a phone conversation with Rahman on Friday, Modi congratulated the BNP leader on his party's remarkable victory in the Bangladesh parliamentary election.
"I conveyed my best wishes and support in his endeavour to fulfil the aspirations of the people of Bangladesh," Modi said after the call.
"As two close neighbours with deep-rooted historical and cultural ties, I reaffirmed India's continued commitment to the peace, progress, and prosperity of both our peoples," he said.
PTI
