PM Modi invites Bangladesh’s Tarique Rahman to visit India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday invited Bangladesh’s new Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to visit India.

Tarique Rahman took oath as the prime minister on Tuesday, four days after his Bangladesh Nationalist Party won the national election. The polls were the first since former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted in August 2024.

The invitation from Modi was handed over to Tarique Rahman by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, who represented India at the swearing-in ceremony in Dhaka.

In the letter, Modi congratulated the BNP chief for winning the election.

“Your victory is a testimony to the trust and confidence reposed by the people of Bangladesh in your leadership and their mandate for your vision to take the country forward on the path of peace, stability and prosperity,” Modi said.

Just concluded a constructive meeting with Prime Minister of Bangladesh @trahmanbnp

I handed over a personal letter from Prime Minister @narendramodi conveying his wishes to PM Rahman and inviting him to visit India at the earliest convenience.

I extended warm congratulations… pic.twitter.com/gFNqLmnxsT— Om Birla (@ombirlakota) February 17, 2026

The Indian prime minister said that India and Bangladesh have a “deep-rooted friendship founded on shared history, cultural ties”, and that the “strong convergence between our respective developmental priorities shall serve as a guiding principle for future cooperation”.

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