India, March 20 -- Bangladesh foreign minister Khalilur Rahman is expected to make a brief visit to the Indian capital next month - the first since the new Tarique Rahman government came to power in Dhaka - as the two countries take forward their efforts to normalise relations after a period of unprecedented strain, people familiar with the matter said.

Rahman, the former National Security Adviser in the interim setup led by Muhammad Yunus and a surprise inclusion in Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's cabinet, is expected to make a stopover in New Delhi on April 8 while travelling to Mauritius for the Indian Ocean Conference, the people said on condition of anonymity.

Indian high commissioner Pranay Verma met Rahman in Dhaka last month and...