Apart from boosting bilateral ties, New Delhi is increasingly looking to embrace Dhaka under the Indo-Pacific initiative to assert greater power in the Bay of Bengal region.
PM Modi inaugurates Rs 133-cr India-Bangladesh Friendship Bridge Tuesday, which will connect landlocked NE with Chittagong port in Bangladesh, unlocking untapped markets.
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina was speaking at an online event Tuesday to inaugurate Maitri Setu over the Feni river that flows between Indian boundary in Tripura and Bangladesh.
During a trip to Dhaka Thursday, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said water secretaries from both sides will be meeting soon to discuss the issue in greater detail.
As people on the two sides of the border were attempting to smuggle cattle, a soldier lobbed a chilly grenade to disperse them and was met with gunfire.
In a webinar Thursday, Bangladesh's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammad Shahriar Alam said the country was witnessing a 'golden chapter' of bilateral ties with India.
Hasina and Modi also relaunched a trans-border rail route between Chilahati in Bangladesh and West Bengal's Haldibari, which has been inoperative for almost 55 years.
New Delhi and Dhaka will also look at strengthening connectivity between Bangladesh and the northeastern states, says Vikram Doraiswami, the Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh.
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