Bangladesh, Aug. 21 -- remember what former Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain told us at a briefing on January 1, 2025 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He made it clear that Dhaka's relations with New Delhi should move forward beyond any single issue. When we asked whether Bangladesh-India ties could progress if Dhaka's request for the return of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina remained unaddressed, Hossain said this was only one of several issues between the two countries. "I think both will continue simultaneously. We have many issues of mutual interest. We will advance with all these issues side by side," he told us.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's possible visit to India, however, remains uncertain, with neither Dhaka ...