In op-ed for The Daily Star, Modi says the India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline and the Akhaura-Agartala rail link are likely to be completed this year.
For his two-day visit to Bangladesh, PM Modi also used a new custom-made VVIP aircraft, Boeing's B777 aircraft, for the first time on a foreign journey.
Apart from bilateral talks with Bangladesh PM Hasina, Modi will also attend country's golden jubilee independence celebrations & the birth centenary of Bangabandhu' Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
'We are very willing to be a part of Indo-Pacific relationship,' Gowher Rizvi, international affairs advisor to Bangladesh PM, said at a virtual event hosted by London-based IISS.
Country says a ‘few’ Left-wing and hardline Islamist groups are against Modi’s trip. He will attend independence day and Mujibur Rahman centenary celebrations.
Modi and the heads of state from Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Maldives will visit Bangladesh next week to attend the golden jubilee celebrations of the country's independence.
Until now, units operating even in recognised industrial areas needed a separate factory licence. The move is expected to especially give a boost to small and medium enterprises.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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