With agreements inked to increase cooperation between departments as diverse as the judicial sector to nuclear energy, both countries seek to cement their ties beyond purely financial and exclude China from becoming a major player in the Bangladesh defence and economic setup.
However, much-delayed pact on the Teesta water sharing remained elusive for the two sides.
Resolving to arrive at an agreement on the contentious Teesta river water issue, PM Modi said, "Teesta is important for India, for Bangladesh and for India-Bangladesh relationship". Her feeling for Bangladesh is as warm as my own.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will meet Indian President Indian business delegations on the last day of her four-day state visit to the country. Memorandum of Understanding between University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India.
He also expressed appreciated Bangladesh's efforts to contain radicalism and religious extremism as "their spread poses a grave threat, not just to India and Bangladesh but to the entire region".
Later, briefing the media, Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar said that the $4.5 billion credit line is one of the biggest credit lines ever offered by India to any country. Yet despite the signing of six agreements and 16 MOUs with India, we are disappointed that there was nothing more than articulation of optimism on the Teesta issue. The BBIN initiative was taken after Pakistan stalled a regional transport initiative of SAARC.
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Officials from the two sides signed 22 agreements, including a framework deal for defense cooperation and another on civil nuclear cooperation. "India and Bangladesh are its victims". We want to build cooperation in new areas, especially some high-technology areas, that have a deeper connect with the youth in both our societies.
On Saturday, prime minister Hasina said India's support would help resolve all issues, including Teesta, expeditiously. What he had meant to say was to request the two PMs to step down from a raised platform and release a Hindi translation of memoirs of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
April. 8 (ANI): India and Bangladesh on Saturday signed pacts and agreed to cooperate in the areas of judicial training, navigation and Earth Sciences.
"This mentality obstructs development in whole region", Modi said, adding India and Bangladesh are its victims.
"Today, we added an additional 60 Mega Watt of power to the 600 Mega Watt of power already flowing from India to Bangladesh". The Indian government had committed to the addition of another 500 MW under an existing inter-connection.
DIESEL AND PETROL: India said it would finance a diesel pipeline from Numaligarh to Parbatipur.
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