Prosperous Bangladesh is in India’s interest
Says Vikram Doraiswami Diplomatic Correspondent Diplomatic Correspondent
Any perception that India is not interested in Bangladesh s development should be dismissed as a conspiracy theory, Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Doraiswami said yesterday. Sometimes there is a sense that there is a lot of mistrust about our [Indo-Bangla] relations. Let me say categorically that a strong, stable, prosperous, flourishing Bangladesh is in India s fundamental national interest. Your success is the best thing that can happen to us, he said. Therefore, all the ideas that we are somehow not interested in Bangladesh s development, you can please dismiss them as conspiracy theories, Doraiswami said at a DCAB (Diplomatic Correspondents Association of Bangladesh) talk at the capital s Jatiya Press Club.
Water sharing, management of trans-boundary rivers to dominate Indo-Bangladesh summit
Water sharing and management of trans-boundary rivers will dominate the Indo-Bangladesh Summit on Thursday led by Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said here.
| 18 Dec 2020 6:02 AM GMT
DHAKA: Water sharing and management of trans-boundary rivers will dominate the Indo-Bangladesh Summit on Thursday led by Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said here.
Speaking to IANS, Momen said the two countries during the summit are scheduled to sign at least five MoUs Trans-boundary Elephant Conservation to Preserve Biodiversity; Framework Agreement on High Impact Community Development Projects; Barishal Sewerage Treatment Plant; Framework Understanding on Cooperation in Hydrocarbon Sector, and Joint Study on Technology Transfer.
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Water sharing, management of trans-boundary rivers to dominate Indo-B desh summit
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Dhaka, Dec 17 : Water sharing and management of trans-boundary rivers will dominate the Indo-Bangladesh Summit on Thursday led by Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said here.
Speaking to IANS, Momen said the two countries during the summit are scheduled to sign at least five MoUs Trans-boundary Elephant Conservation to Preserve Biodiversity; Framework Agreement on High Impact Community Development Projects; Barishal Sewerage Treatment Plant; Framework Understanding on Cooperation in Hydrocarbon Sector, and Joint Study on Technology Transfer.
Hasina-Modi virtual summit: 7 MoUs signed
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Bangladesh and India signed seven memorandum of understanding (MoUs) on cooperation in seven sectors during a virtual summit today.
The seven MoUs include framework agreement on high impact community development projects; cooperation in the field of agricultural, protocol on trans-boundary elephant conservation; supply of equipment and improvement of garbage/solid waste disposal ground in Barishal City Corporation; cooperation between Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Museum, Dhaka and museum in New Delhi; terms of reference of India-Bangladesh CEOs Forum; and framework understanding on cooperation in Hydrocarbon sector.