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Bangladesh wants to physique a narration with India that volition beryllium focused connected “people to people” ties and that volition not beryllium constricted to individuals and governmental parties, said a elder authoritative of the existent authorities led by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman connected Monday (April 6, 2026). Humayun Kobir, Foreign Affairs Adviser to Prime Minister Rahman said, the “new” narration betwixt the 2 sides volition debar the repetition of “past mistakes”.
“Our bilateral narration should beryllium focused connected people-to-people ties truthful that it volition not beryllium focused connected individuals. This is what we privation and this is besides what India desires. We privation to guarantee this narration avoids the mistakes of the past,” said Mr. Kobir. The remarks were made aft Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma called connected Prime Minister Tarique Rahman connected Monday (April 6, 2026). Briefing the media aft the meeting, Mr. Kobir said the 2 sides discussed vigor practice done the India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline.
India had sent 5,000 metric tonnes of precocious velocity diesel connected March 10 and the 2 sides are successful talks to woody with the vigor crunch that is increasing successful Bangladesh against the backdrop of the ongoing U.S.-Israel warfare against Iran. Mr. Kobir is expected to travel Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman during his sojourn to India that is scheduled to commencement connected Tuesday (April 7, 2026). This volition beryllium the archetypal Foreign Minister-level sojourn from the Bangladeshi broadside since the autumn of the authorities of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina connected August 5, 2024 successful a student-people uprising.
Mr. Kobir said Bangladesh has near the epoch of Sheikh Hasina down and added, “We person to make a caller abstraction for a caller narration due to the fact that Hasina-India narration volition nary longer beryllium possible. Hasina is simply a spent unit successful Bangladesh and her power is non-existent.” He said that the 2 sides should bash much predominant exchanges astatine the level of governmental parties and officials to woody with “difficult issues” truthful that misunderstandings are avoided.
Officials present said that the sojourn of Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman remains connected way and that helium is expected to get present connected Tuesday for a sojourn that volition see a fig of high-level meetings. The 2 sides person kept a choky lid implicit the preparations for the talks successful presumption of the delicate quality of the ties that are yet to afloat retrieve from the setbacks suffered during the interim authorities due to the fact that of the beingness of Ms. Hasina successful India and predominant mob attacks connected the Indian missions and visa centres successful Bangladesh.
Dhaka regular Prothom Alo reported connected Monday that isolated from the Ganga h2o treaty’s renewal and vigor cooperation, the Bangladeshi squad is besides expected to rise the request for removal of restrictive measures that India had imposed connected the usage of Indian oversea and airports for Bangladeshi export items during April-June 2025. That apart, Mr. Khalilur Rahman and Mr. Humayun Kobir are besides apt to property India for reducing borderline firing against Bangladeshi civilians. While India says specified actions are aimed astatine transgression gangs and smugglers, Bangladesh maintains that specified gangs request to beryllium apprehended and subjected to judicial processes and should not beryllium fired at.
