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Tuesday | October 27, 2026 | Dhaka

NSI Chief in Delhi for S. Asian counter-terrorism confce

 City Desk
 Published: 12:03 AM, 27 October 2026

National Security Intelligence (NSI) Director General Major General Abu Mohammad Sarwar Farid travelled to New Delhi on Sunday to attend the eighth South Asian Counter-Terrorism Conference, a multilateral forum involving representatives from several countries.

He travelled to Delhi on an Air India flight, according to media reports.

The four-day conference, scheduled for October 25-28, brings together representatives from South Asian, Southeast Asian and Middle Eastern countries. The NSI chief is scheduled to return to Bangladesh on October 28, a source said.

The source emphasised that Farid’s visit was for a multilateral conference and should not be portrayed as a bilateral engagement between Bangladesh and India.

“The forum is a multilateral one, not bilateral,” the source said, alleging that some Indian media outlets were attempting to create a misleading narrative about the visit.

The annual conference brings together representatives from Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, the Maldives, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Myanmar, Brunei, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.

The forum aims to strengthen regional cooperation in counter-terrorism, drug trafficking and human trafficking, while promoting broader diplomatic engagement among participating countries.