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Bangladesh has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the swearing-in ceremonial of newly-elected Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chief Tarique Rahman connected February 17.
Mr. Modi is expected to diminution the invitation, arsenic helium volition beryllium successful Mumbai for bilateral talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, and past volition seat the Artificial Intelligence (AI) interaction acme successful Delhi but is expected to depute a Minister, oregon different elder typical specified arsenic Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan oregon Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to be successful his place.
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Bangladesh media reports that leaders of astatine slightest 12 different countries person been invited to the lawsuit including SAARC countries Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Maldives and Sri Lanka arsenic good arsenic China, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Malaysia and Brunei. Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Bhutan PM Tshering Tobgay are besides expected to question to Delhi connected February 18 for the AI summit
Sources confirmed that the invitation from Bangladesh’s Interim advisor Muhammad Yunus was delivered connected Saturday (February 14, 2026) done diplomatic channels. The invitation came a time after Mr. Modi and Mr. Rahman spoke successful a telephone telephone aft the predetermination results which gave the BNP a two-thirds bulk successful Parliament.
Speaking to The Hindu connected Saturday (February 14, 2026), BNP Foreign Affairs Advisor Humaiun Kobir said that each “regional leaders” would beryllium invited to the swearing successful ceremonial connected Tuesday (February 17, 2026). Mr. Macron volition get successful India connected February 16, and clasp talks with Mr. Modi connected Tuesday (February 17, 2026) astatine the Raj Bhavan successful Mumbai. Both leaders volition past alert to Delhi to be the AI Impact summit.
