According to reports in November 2025, former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was sentenced to death in absentia by a special tribunal for her role in the killings of approximately 1,400 people during a student-led uprising in July and August 2024.
Bangladesh has its own concerns, including the continued presence of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in India — an issue carrying legal, diplomatic, and political implications.
Analysts say New Delhi now expects Dhaka to remain sensitive to India’s security concerns as both sides attempt to stabilise bilateral relations.
Addressing concerns over the BNP’s past record during the 2001–06 government led by Khaleda Zia, when India repeatedly raised allegations of “insurgent groups operating from Bangladesh”, Das said the situation today is different.
“Today’s BNP is completely different from the BNP in 2001–6,” she said, noting that Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, which was part of the BNP-led government at the time, is no longer in government.
Director General of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence, Kaiser Rashid Chowdhury, visited New Delhi from 1–3 March, marking the first high-level visit from Bangladesh since the BNP returned to power and Tarique Rahman became prime minister.
On February 22, five days after being sworn in as Prime Minister, Rahman promoted Brigadier General Kaiser Rashid to Major General and appointed him as DGFI DG.
Major-General Kaiser Rashid Chowdhury, the new Director-General of Bangladesh’s DGFI, visited New Delhi from March 1–3, 2026, marking a significant intelligence-sharing engagement under the new Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government.
During the visit, Maj Gen Chowdhury held meetings with Parag Jain, head of the Research and Analysis Wing, and R S Raman, according to Indian media reports.
Spokesperson for India’s Ministry of External Affairs Randhir Jaiswal confirmed the visit, saying the DGFI chief held discussions with “his interlocutors”.
He met top Indian intelligence officials to discuss security, signaling a crucial reset in bilateral communication following recent political shifts.
The DGFI chief engaged with senior officials, including the head of India’s Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) and the Director-General of Military Intelligence.
On the Bangladesh side, Chowdhury’s visit was kept completely under wraps, with some reports even suggesting that he travelled to New Delhi for “medical reasons”. Reports in segments of the Bangladeshi media on Monday described the arrest in West Bengal of two Bangladeshi nationals in connection with the murder of radical student leader Sharif Osman Hadi as an outcome of the visit to India by a “senior DGFI official”.
The discussions aimed to rebuild trust and address security concerns between the two nations after a “turbulent political chapter”.
This visit followed immediately after Prime Minister Tarique Rahman took office, emphasizing a shift toward normalising ties between Dhaka and New Delhi.
The meetings focused on strengthening intelligence cooperation to ensure that the territories of both nations are not used against each other.
The visit is seen as crucial for maintaining stable bilateral relationships, which are central to both nations’ regional security and connectivity interests, particularly following security concerns surrounding the transition of power in Bangladesh.
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