Published: 12:42, June 23, 2024
India, Bangladesh ink 10 pacts as Bangladeshi PM visits
By Xinhua
This handout photograph taken and released on June 22, 2024 by the Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) shows India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shaking hands with his Bangladesh's counterpart Sheikh Hasina (left) upon their arrival at the Hyderabad house in New Delhi. (HANDOUT / INDIAN PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU VIA AFP)

NEW DELHI - India and Bangladesh signed 10 pacts on Saturday during Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's state visit to India.

Memorandums of understanding (MoUs) in the fields of mutual interests like space, telecom, railways, health and medicine, and disaster management were inked between the two sides in the presence of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Bangladeshi PM was in New Delhi on a two-day state visit, beginning Friday

The two neighboring countries also signed pacts on shared vision for India-Bangladesh Digital Partnership, and India-Bangladesh Green Partnership.

The Bangladeshi PM was in New Delhi on a two-day state visit, beginning Friday.

The two sides also decided to begin a new train service between Rajshahi in Bangladesh and the Kolkata city in India's West Bengal state, and a new bus service between Chittagong in Bangladesh and India's Kolkata.

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Besides, the two sides also resolved to commence a goods train between them, said an official announcement by India's Ministry of External Affairs.