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Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman travels to India today on the first ministerial visit since BNP assumed office, as both sides seek to rebuild relations in a people-centric manner based on mutual respect.

During his April 7-9 visit to New Delhi, he is scheduled to meet India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri.

Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Humaiun Kobir will accompany Khalilur before both fly to Mauritius to attend the Indian Ocean Conference on April 11–12, organised by the India Foundation, diplomatic sources in Dhaka and Delhi said.

“It’s a new relationship between Bangladesh and India. There is nothing like Hasina’s Awami League in Bangladesh now,” Humaiun Kobir told

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