India, Feb. 18 -- India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman on the sidelines of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's swearing-in ceremony in Dhaka.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Misri travelled to Bangladesh to attend the oath-taking ceremony of the newly elected Prime Minister.

The meeting with Rahman, whose party has emerged as the country's largest opposition force following last week's general elections, took place on the margins of the event.

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami secured significant gains in constituencies located near the India-Bangladesh border.

Sharing details of the interaction, the High Commission of India in Dhaka said in a Facebook post: "Foreign Secretary of India Shri V...