Major General Shahid Amir Afsar, the ISI’s director general of analysis who previously served as Pakistan’s defence attache in Beijing, is part of the team.

India-Bangladesh border issues have intensified in previous days with Bangladesh raising the issue of India fencing the border. In a latest development, farmers from a border village in West Bengal allege that Bangladesh has constructed a bunker with troops positioned.

Pakistan’s ISI chief Lt Gen Asim Malik is in Dhaka, signalling an advancement in Bangladesh-Pakistan ties. This rapprochement comes amid Sheikh Hasina’s ousting and raises concerns over intelligence-sharing networks aimed at destabilising India.

Police claims that the prime suspect arrested for the recent stabbing of popular Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan in Mumbai is of “Bangladeshi origin” have stoked a political controversy ahead of the crucial Delhi assembly election on Feb 5.

Bangladesh seeks international intervention to bring back deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from India, violating extradition treaty.

Pakistan and Bangladesh have edged closer as politics in both countries ride on a general anti-India sentiment.

" We want India-Bangladesh relations to do well for the people of Bangladesh and the people of India. So that is what our approach is, a positive approach, and that remains," Jaiswal said.

A change in political messaging and a deeper understanding of the shifting aspirations of Bangladeshi youth may create a climate that is more conductive to securing India’s interests in Bangladesh.

Police investigations found that 1,234 incidents were 'political in nature,' only 20 incidents were communal, and at least 161 claims were found to be false or untrue."

Having unexpectedly won two Indian state votes late last year, in big part due to a slew of handouts, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party is deploying the same playbook in a bid to wrest back Delhi for the first time in nearly three decades next month.

Bangladesh’s interim government on Tuesday said it will continue its efforts to bring deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina back from India and will seek international intervention if necessary. Law Adviser Asif Nazrul told reporters at the Secretariat here that if New Delhi refuses to return Hasina,

BGB chief Maj Gen Siddiqui’s visit is likely to be preceded by a visit by Bangladesh’s de facto energy minister Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan during February 10-12