Overview
- High Commissioner M Riaz Hamidullah returned to Dhaka late Monday after an urgent call from the foreign ministry, according to Prothom Alo and PTI.
- On Tuesday he met Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain and National Security Adviser Khalilur Rahman at the foreign office, with no details disclosed.
- India earlier summoned Hamidullah over security threats to its mission in Dhaka and suspended visa services at its assistant high commission in Chittagong.
- Bangladesh summoned Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma, protested attacks on its posts including vandalism at the Siliguri visa centre, and temporarily halted services at facilities in New Delhi, Siliguri and Agartala.
- India’s foreign ministry cited more than 2,900 incidents against minorities during Bangladesh’s interim government as it rejected a "false narrative," while recent killings and lynchings in Bangladesh intensified tensions with arrests announced.