PORIMOL PALMA, from New Delhi

Bangladesh and India are preparing a series of meetings in the coming weeks as they re‑engage after relations soured during the interim government that followed the fall of the Awami League.

“We are getting down to reactivating all tools of bilateral relations. Contacts are being made at the ministerial level,” Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said during an interaction with a Bangladeshi media delegation at the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi on Monday.

The two countries have over 40 bilateral mechanisms covering different issues, including water, trade, border management, and consular services. Most remained dormant during the interim period, when India also drastically reduced visas for Bangladeshis.

Following the BNP’s victory in the February polls, both sides began easing restrictions.

Bangladesh resumed issuing all categories of visas for Indians. India,

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