New Delhi: Bangladesh’s National Security Adviser Khalilur Rahman has suddenly advanced his trip to India, triggering fresh speculation across strategic circles in both countries. He was originally expected in New Delhi on November 19, but he changed his plans and flew in a full day earlier, landing at the Indira Gandhi International Airport a little after 6:30 pm on November 18.

His arrival comes just ahead of the seventh meeting of National Security Advisers of the Colombo Security Conclave, which is scheduled to take place at Hyderabad House on November 20. The main discussions among the NSAs of the grouping will begin that morning and continue until lunch, after which Rahman is expected to return to Dhaka.

Although the agenda appears routine on paper, diplomatic observers familiar w

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