New Delhi, March 31 -- Bangladesh Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman is expected to visit India next week, according to multiple media reports.

The visit will be the first official visit by a high-ranking politician from Bangladesh since Prime Minister Tarique Rahman came to power after leading the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to a landslide victory in the 12 February election.

The visit, which comes at a time when both sides are rebuilding ties after the strains witnessed under the caretaker administration led by Nobel laureate Mohammed Yunus, is expected to reset bilateral ties between the two neighbouring nations.

Rahman is expected to hold bilateral meetings in New Delhi and then proceed to Mauritius, where he will attend the I...