INDIA-BANGLADESH RELATIONS

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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.