Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's invitation to Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to attend the BRICS outreach session in New Delhi presents Dhaka with both an opportunity and a diplomatic test. Rahman has reportedly been invited in his capacity as chair of BIMSTEC, although Bangladesh's longstanding interest in joining BRICS gives the visit wider significance. If he attends the September 12–13 summit, it could also produce his first substantive bilateral meeting with Modi since Bangladesh's political transition.