Key facts
- Dinesh Trivedi has arrived in Bangladesh to assume his role as India's new High Commissioner.
- Trivedi is the first politician to serve as India's envoy to Bangladesh.
- He succeeded Pranay Kumar Verma, a 1994-batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service.
- Trivedi expressed a desire for India and Bangladesh to cooperate in sports, health, and technology.
Dinesh Trivedi, a former Union minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader, has arrived in Bangladesh to assume his new diplomatic assignment as India's High Commissioner. He is the first politician to hold this post in Bangladesh, succeeding Pranay Kumar Verma, an officer of the Indian Foreign Service.