Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has invited Indian prime minister Narendra Modi to attend the swearing-in ceremony as BNP is set to form the government with a landslide victory against an alliance led by Jamaat-NCP.
‘Yes, we have received the invitation from Professor Yunus. We are still working on the details of representation from the government of India,’ a diplomatic source from New Delhi told UNB on Sunday.
Meanwhile, he said, the India AI Imact Summit would take place in New Delhi from the 16th to the 20th of this month.
About 20 heads of State, including president Macron, will be hosted by India around the same time, another source from Delhi told UNB, indicating that prime minister Modi is unlikely to come but will send his representative.
The India-AI Impact Summit 2026 will mark a historic milestone in global cooperation on Artificial Intelligence. It will be the first global AI summit to be hosted in the Global South.
Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla and foreign secretary Vikram Misri are expected to visit Dhaka, a source said, adding that an official announcement is awaited.
The new cabinet members of Bangladesh’s incoming government will be sworn in at 4:00pm on Tuesday at the South Plaza of Parliament, with president Mohammed Shahabuddin administering the oath.
Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen will represent China at the swearing-in ceremony.