New Delhi: Two days after Bangladesh again pressed for the return of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina following a special Dhaka court’s death sentence against her, Bangladeshi national security adviser Khalilur Rahman met his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval on the sidelines of a regional security forum.

The Bangladesh high commission issued a short note stating that the delegation, led by Rahman, met national security adviser Doval and other officials on Wednesday (November 19). The only line describing the talks said they “discussed work of CSC [the Colombo Security Conclave] and key bilateral issues”.

Rahman also extended an invitation to Doval to visit Dhaka.

No further details were provided, and India did not issue any official statement about the meeting.

Rahman arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday evening for the seventh meeting of the CSC, a regional security grouping that Bangladesh joined as a full member in 2023 alongside India, the Maldives, Sri Lanka and Mauritius.

This is only the second visit by a Bangladeshi ministerial-level delegation since the collapse of the Awami League government and the formation of the caretaker administration under Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus in August last year. Bangladesh’s energy adviser visited in February.

The latest visit has taken on additional significance after the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal

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