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.
Sheikh Hasina will join Modi in a summit to mark Bangladesh's 50th independence anniversary, just when Dhaka has told Beijing to get lost or pay up for Chinese Covid vaccine trials.
Vikram Doraiswami, India's High Commissioner to Bangladesh, also said Monday that future generations of Bangladesh and India need to recognise what happened in 1971.
We have failed terribly at two important things. One, we are reacting to this issue only emotionally, not logically. And two, we are not asking the right questions.
WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.
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