Dhaka, Aug. 16 -- Bangladesh on Sunday urged India to act on its request expeditiously and create the environment for a bilateral visit by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to India.

"We are of the view that a propitious environment needs to be created for the visit," said A.K.M. Shahidul Karim, spokesperson at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday.

He said officials of Bangladesh and India have been in touch with each other for several weeks on the possibility of a bilateral visit by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to India.

However, the Spokesperson said, this process was vitiated by the open press interaction in New Delhi on 5th August by Sheikh Hasina who has been convicted by the International Crimes Tribunal for committing crimes a...