Modi, Yunus discuss Dhaka’s request for Hasina’s extradition at summit

• Indian, Bangladeshi leaders meet for first time since ex-PM’s exit
• Delhi urges Dhaka to avoid rhetoric that mars ties

BANGKOK: Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel Peace Prize winner who took over as the chief adviser of an interim government in Bangladesh in August after then prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s exit, met Indian premier Narendra Modi on Friday on the fringes of a summit in Bangkok.

“Prime Minister (Modi) urged … that any rhetoric that vitiates the environment is best avoided,”...