India, Bangladesh ink seven pacts on bilateral issues

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina Saturday signed seven agreements on the use of ports, water sharing, education, culture, coastal surveillance between India and Bangladesh.

The two leaders also inaugurated three projects via a video link — the bulk import of LPG from Bangladesh to northeast India, a skill development institute in Khulna and the Vivekanand Bhawan project at the Ramakrishna Mission in Dhaka, which will accommodate 100 students.

PM Modi also lauded today’s bilateral meet and said the talks will energise India-Bangladesh relationship. He also expressed confidence in the India-Bangladesh relations saying that the support between the two friendly neighbours is a wonderful example for the world to see.

Modi’s bilateral meeting with Hasina, who is on a four-day state visit to attend the India Economic Summit of the World Economic Forum, came a week after the leaders held discussions on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.