India and Bangladesh have yet to finalise dates for Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s possible visit to New Delhi, with India’s crowded diplomatic calendar leaving a narrow window for the trip, people familiar with the matter said.

Tarique Rahman received invitations for a bilateral visit and to attend the recent BRICS Summit in New Delhi as the current chair of the grouping, but Dhaka declined to attend the summit amid strains in bilateral ties.

No substantial discussions have taken place since then on fixing dates for the bilateral visit, the people said on condition of anonymity.

“There is an invitation for a bilateral visit and it is for the Bangladesh side to take a call,” one person said. “As of now, there is no finality or clarity on dates for a visit.”

India’s diplomatic commitments and the absence of Bangladesh Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman from Dhaka are also complicating the scheduling. Khalilur Rahman, who is serving as president of the UN General Assembly, is expected to remain in New York until mid-October.

The Bangladesh prime minister is unlikely to make the New Delhi trip without the foreign minister, the people said.

India is due to host Swiss President Guy Parmelin and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in October. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to travel to the Philippines for the ASEAN Summit from 16 to 18 November.

Modi is also expected to visit the US, Canada and Belgium around the middle of December, leaving November as the only narrow window for a possible visit by Rahman, the people said.

India had signalled an interest in resetting ties by sending External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to the state funeral of former prime minister Khaleda Zia in December 2025 and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to Rahman’s inauguration in February.

But the two countries have struggled to restore relations since then.

Asked recently about Rahman’s possible visit, Dhaka’s conditions and the state of bilateral ties, Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said New Delhi wanted a “positive, constructive and forward-looking relationship with Bangladesh”.

“We are ready to discuss all bilateral issues within the structured mechanisms that we have right now,” he said.

Key issues remain unresolved, including restrictions on trade through land borders, transit access to major land and sea ports and renewal of the Ganga Waters Treaty, which expires in December.

The two sides are also far from agreeing on terms for renewing the Ganga pact, the people said, potentially complicating any visit in December.