Dr Zahed Ur Rahman, senior adviser to the Bangladeshi PM, was on Sunday stopped by immigration authorities after his name was flagged during a routine security check, reports said. The official was traveling to India to attend a meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Association.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that the Southwest monsoon has made significant progress and issues very heavy to heavy rainfall for West Bengal, Sikkim and other eastern regions.

In a post on X, Jairam Ramesh said the move was part of the Home Minister’s strategy “to engineer a two-thirds majority” for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the Lok Sabha.