February 17, New Delhi: On Tuesday, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla paid a courtesy call on newly sworn-in Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at the Parliament in Dhaka following the oath-taking ceremony.
Birla, accompanied by India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, represented New Delhi at the swearing-in after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party secured a landslide victory in the February 12 parliamentary elections.
The Indian delegation arrived in Dhaka aboard a special Indian Air Force aircraft and was received by Bangladesh Foreign Ministry Secretary Dr Md Nazrul Islam, Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma, and Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Md Riaz Hamidullah.
