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PM Modi, Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina jointly inaugurate Chilahati-Haldibari rail link
The summit is being held a day after Vijay Divas, which marks India s victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war that led to the creation of Bangladesh. PM Modi holds India-Bangladesh virtual summit with Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina through video conferencing in New Delhi on Thursday. (ANI Photo)
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Updated: Dec 17, 2020, 01:01 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Thursday jointly inaugurated the Chilahati-Haldibari rail, linking the borders of the two neighbouring countries.
The two leaders also digitally inaugurated the Bangabandhu-Bapu Digital Exhibition and released a commemorative stamp on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman during a virtual summit between the two leaders.
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A railway link between Haldibari in India and Chilahati in Bangladesh was jointly inaugurated during a bilateral summit.
This will immensely help in boosting people to people contact and economic activity in the region.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Thursday jointly inaugurated a railway link between Haldibari in India and Chilahati in Bangladesh during the virtual bilateral summit. This will immensely help in boosting people to people contact and economic activity in the region.
A goods train was flagged off by the Bangladesh Railway Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan from Chilahati station which entered India passing through the international border thus heralding a new era for the people living in both the countries. The railway network of India and Bangladesh are mostly inherited from British Era Indian Railways.
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