<span style="color: #222222;">India and Bangladesh signed 5 MoUs in the fields of trade, IT and setting up of sports facilities on the concluding day of the 2-day long official visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Wrapping up the visit, the delegation level talks were held between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.<br />'' &nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Both the leaders discussed the progress achieved in areas of health, trade, connectivity, energy, developmental cooperation and many more.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Prime Minister Modi and Sheikh Hasina discussed bilateral issues covering areas of commerce and trade, water resources, security and defence, power and energy among others.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Spokesperson of the MEA tweeted that the meeting between the Prime Ministers reiterates the highest priority India attaches to Bangladesh.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Several important announcements were also made on Saturday after the summit meeting between the Prime Ministers.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Both leaders agreed that a direct passenger train named 'Mitali Express' will run between Dhaka and New Jalpaiguri.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">India gifted 109 ambulances to Bangladesh and also 1.2 million doses of the Covishield vaccine.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">India released a silver coin to commemorate 50 years of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Bangladesh also released a gold coin to commemorate the Mujib Borsho.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Briefing the media about the visit of Prime Minister Modi to Bangladesh, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said that both countries agreed to start a new area of cooperation in the field of Civil nuclear and space sectors.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Both the leaders also laid the foundation stone for the construction of a memorial at Ashuganj for the martyrs of Indian armed forces in the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh.</span><br />'' &nbsp;<br />
News On AIR | March 27, 2021 8:48 PM
India, Bangladesh ink five MoUs in trade, IT, sports fields