Bangladesh Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman will begin a three-day visit to India on Tuesday — the first by a senior Bangladeshi minister since Prime Minister Tarique Rahman assumed office.Officials said Rahman’s packed schedule in New Delhi signals an early push by both sides to stabilise and deepen ties. He is slated to hold back-to-back meetings with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, reflecting the breadth of engagement spanning security, trade and energy.Bangladesh media reported that Rahman’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Humayun Kabir will accompany the minister, underlining the political weight of the visit.Just a day before the high-level engagement in New Delhi, India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma met Rahman in Dhaka on Monday.According to official readouts, the two sides discussed expanding bilateral engagement with a focus on “people-centric cooperation” across sectors aligned with development priorities.Verma conveyed New Delhi’s intent to work with Dhaka through a “positive, constructive and forward-looking approach” based on mutual interest and benefit — signalling India’s calibrated effort to rebuild momentum in ties after the political transition in Bangladesh.Diplomatic sources view the twin developments — the ministerial visit and the envoy’s outreach — as part of a coordinated attempt to bolster engagement at multiple levels, from political leadership to sectoral cooperation.Rahman is no stranger to New Delhi’s strategic corridors. He had visited India in November last year as Bangladesh’s NSA to attend a meeting of National Security Advisers of the Colombo Security Conclave, offering continuity in security dialogue even before the change of government in Dhaka.New Delhi has already indicated its intent to deepen ties with the new dispensation. Following the elections earlier this year, Modi congratulated Rahman, while senior Indian leaders attended his swearing-in ceremony, moves seen as signalling continuity in India’s neighbourhood policy.With trade, connectivity, energy cooperation and border management on the table, Rahman’s visit is expected to set the tone for the next phase of India-Bangladesh relations, even as both sides navigate a sensitive political transition and evolving regional dynamics.