Sharing of river water, energy cooperation, the normalisation of visa services, and the war in West Asia are all expected to feature in bilateral talks with Bangladesh Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman, who is expected to visit India this week, according to diplomatic sources.
This will be the first visit by a Bangladeshi Foreign Minister since the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s Government in Dhaka on August 5, 2024, pushed bilateral relations downhill. In preparation for the visit, The Bangladeshi Foreign Ministry held internal meetings on Sunday (April 5, 2026) in preparation for the visit, which is likely to take place between April 7 and 8, sources in Dhaka said.
Ganga treaty renewal talks
Indian officials said it is important to fast-track negotiations to renew the Ganga water treaty of 1996, noting that subcommittees constituted for this purpose did not make much progress during the fifteen-month-long tenure of Dhaka’s interim government headed by Chief Adviser Mohammed Yunus. The newly elected government of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, who was sworn into office on February 17, has, however, indicated that it is willing to take the dialogue forward and conclude negotiations ahead of December 2026, the deadline for treaty renewal.
