Dhaka, May 6 -- India is ready to work towards constructive, pragmatic and forward- looking relationship with Bangladesh based on "mutual respect and benefits", India's foreign secretary reaffirms their position after regime changes.

"We are ready to work with Bangladesh new government elected by its people in February last. We want the relationship to be constructive, pragmatic, positive and based on mutual respect and benefits," Vikram Misri told a visiting Bangladesh media team on Monday.

Explaining its engagement with governments, he says India worked with the then government led by the ousted former prime minister and with the post-uprising interim-government and now it is engaged with the elected political government.

"Government...