Indian PM to Inaugurate New Bridge Connecting Bangladesh and India
This year, marking the 50th independence anniversary of Bangladesh, provides both Dhaka and New Delhi a natural opportunity to bring relations back on track.
March 09, 2021
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina jointly inaugurate Petrapole Integrated Check Post in 2016.
Credit: Flickr/Narendra Modi
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According to an Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) statement, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate a new bridge on the Feni river flowing between the Indian northeastern state of Tripura and Bangladesh on March 9. Called
Maitri Setu (“friendship bridge”), the bridge would be one of several infrastructure projects in Tripura Modi is scheduled to inaugurate that day. According to the MEA, “the construction was taken up by the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd at
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She made the remarks while meeting Jainshankar at her official residence Ganobhaban here on Thursday evening.
During the meeting, the Indian Minister praised Hasina s leadership for Bangladesh s exit from the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) status. It s a great achievement. The development of Bangladesh is miraculous, he told the Prime Minister, while adding that the comfort levels of both the countries are so high now that there is no issue that we cannot discuss and resolve through amicable dialogue .
India today expressed happiness about Bangladesh's graduation from the status of Least Developed Countries (LDC) and promised to continue support to the country's development efforts. "We are happy to note Bangladesh's graduation from LDC status and we will continue to help Bangladesh's development efforts," Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said at