INDIA-BANGLADESH RELATIONS

March 28, 2021

India and Bangladesh signed 5 MoUs in the fields of Disaster Management, trade, NCC, ICT and setting up of sports facilities during the official visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bangladesh.

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  • Foundation stone was laid for infrastructure development for power evacuation facilities from the Rooppur Nuclear power plant.

  • The Bangladesh leg of the Banagabandhu-Bapu Digital Exhibition was inaugurated by the two Prime Ministers. It will be taken to other parts of the world including the UN.

  • Both the leaders also unveiled the foundation stone for the construction of a memorial at Ashuganj honoring the martyrs of Indian armed forces in the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh.

  • India gifted 109 life support ambulances to Bangladesh and also 1.2 million doses of the Covishield vaccine.

  • Three border haats were also opened along the India-Bangladesh border.

During the visit a number of announcements were made.

  • A direct passenger train named ‘Mitali Express’ will run between Dhaka and New Jalpaiguri.

  • Prime Minister Modi invited 50 young entrepreneurs from Bangladesh to connect with India’s start up ecosystem.

  • 1000 Subarno Jayanti Scholarships were announced for the Bangladeshi students to study in India at the Undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

  • A Bangabandhu Chair will be established at Delhi University to facilitate Bangladesh studies.

  • Both countries agreed to start a new area of cooperation in the Civil nuclear and space sectors.

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