NEW DELHI: The heads of the border guard forces of India and Bangladesh will meet in New Delhi in mid-February for the first time since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government to discuss key issues such as the fencing of the boundary and tackling trans-border crime.

Bangladesh seeks international intervention to bring back deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from India, violating extradition treaty.

" We want India-Bangladesh relations to do well for the people of Bangladesh and the people of India. So that is what our approach is, a positive approach, and that remains," Jaiswal said.

Having unexpectedly won two Indian state votes late last year, in big part due to a slew of handouts, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party is deploying the same playbook in a bid to wrest back Delhi for the first time in nearly three decades next month.

A change in political messaging and a deeper understanding of the shifting aspirations of Bangladeshi youth may create a climate that is more conductive to securing India’s interests in Bangladesh.

Yunus’s anti-India stance could pose a significant challenge for India, as China aims to strengthen its ties with Bangladesh’s new government and bring it into their Belt and Road Initiative.

Shams while talking to ANI said that Bangladeshs trade with Pakistan will not overtake that with India, adding that Dhaka also has strong people-to-people ties with New Delhi, which Islamabad can never overtake.

Police investigations found that 1,234 incidents were 'political in nature,' only 20 incidents were communal, and at least 161 claims were found to be false or untrue."

Bangladesh has objected to BSF's attempts to fence five points along border with India. Indian envoy to Dhaka, Pranay Verma, met Bangladesh’s foreign secretary in Dhaka Sunday.

We have requested India to return Sheikh Hasina as a Bangladeshi citizen. Her status in India is irrelevant to this request and not a matter of our consideration,' a foreign office spokesperson stated during a weekly media briefing.

Bangladesh’s interim government on Monday said it will equip the country’s paramilitary border guards with non-lethal sound grenades and tear gas canisters, mirroring practices adopted by its Indian counterpart.

Bangladesh’s interim government on Tuesday said it will continue its efforts to bring deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina back from India and will seek international intervention if necessary. Law Adviser Asif Nazrul told reporters at the Secretariat here that if New Delhi refuses to return Hasina,