Archive · 7 Sep 2026
India, Bangladesh Discuss Cultural and Institutional Cooperation During Nazrul Borsho
India and Bangladesh want to work more closely together.
Their officials discussed music, folk art and protecting heritage.
They also talked about holding cultural programmes and conferences.
Some activities could be part of Nazrul Borsho, a year-long celebration of poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.
Indian and Bangladeshi parliamentary officials discussed visits and cooperation between their institutions.
They also considered friendship groups, committee cooperation and digitising parliamentary records.
Another meeting focused on improving local-government cooperation.
The officials said these efforts could bring people in both countries closer.
India and Bangladesh discussed exchanges in classical music, folk art and heritage conservation.
The talks included possible institutional links, joint cultural programmes and conferences during Nazrul Borsho.
High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi met Bangladesh’s cultural affairs minister and minister of state in Dhaka.
Trivedi separately discussed parliamentary cooperation, delegation visits, friendship groups and digital records with Bangladeshi parliamentary leaders.
India and Bangladesh also discussed strengthening the local-government framework and broader people-to-people ties.
- Who
- India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Dinesh Trivedi, met Bangladesh’s cultural, parliamentary and local-government officials.
- What
- The officials discussed cultural exchanges, parliamentary cooperation and stronger local-government ties between India and Bangladesh.
- When
- The cultural meeting took place on Sunday; parliamentary meetings were held on September 2, and the local-government meeting on September 1.
- Where
- The meetings took place in Dhaka, including at Bangladesh’s Parliament.
- Why
- The discussions aimed to strengthen cultural engagement, institutional cooperation and people-to-people ties.
- Cultural cooperation
- Classical music, folk art, heritage conservation, institutional linkages, joint cultural programmes and conferences
- Cultural occasion
- Nazrul Borsho is being observed in Bangladesh from May 25, 2026, to May 25, 2027
- Cultural officials
- Bangladesh’s Cultural Affairs Minister Nitai Roy Chowdhury and Minister of State Ali Nawaz Mahmud Khayyam attended the cultural meeting
- Parliamentary proposals
- Parliamentary friendship groups, mutual delegation visits, committee cooperation and digitisation of parliamentary records
- Parliamentary invitation
- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla invited Bangladeshi parliamentary dignitaries to visit India
- Local-government focus
- The two sides discussed strengthening the local-government framework
- Indian representative
- Dinesh Trivedi, India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh
