Prime Minister Modi was speaking to the Matua community members after offering prayers at a temple in Gopalganj's Orakandi - the birthplace of Hindu mystic figure Harichand Thakur.
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.
Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement likely to be part of the discussions during PM Modi's Dhaka visit on 26-27 March when he will be meeting Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina.
The operatives of outlawed outfit, Harkatul Jihad Bangladesh, will be executed by a firing squad to set an example, unless the law bars it, said a Dhaka court judge.
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.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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