India and Bangladesh inked signed, exchanged,
adopted and handed 22 bilateral documents in Dhaka. These documents were inked
during the two-day visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bangladesh. The
documents include:-
1) Exchange of
Instruments of Ratification of 1974 Land Boundary Agreement and its 2011
Protocol
2) Exchange of letters
on Modalities for implementation of 1974 Land Boundary Agreement and its 2011
Protocol
3) Renewal of Bilateral
Trade Agreement
4) Agreement on Coastal
Shipping between Bangladesh and India
5) Renewal of Protocol
on Inland Water Transit and Trade
6) Bilateral Cooperation
Agreement on Cooperation in the field of Standardization was inked between
Bangladesh Standards & Testing Institution (BSTI) and Bureau of Indian
Standards (BIS).
7) Agreement on
Dhaka-Shillong-Guwahati Bus Service and its Protocol
8) Agreement on
Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala Bus Service and its Protocol
9) Memorandum of
Understanding between Coast Guards
10)Memorandum of
Understanding on Prevention of Human Trafficking
11)Memorandum of Understanding
on Prevention of Smuggling and Circulation Fake Currency Notes
12)Memorandum of
Understanding between Bangladesh and India and for Extending a New Line of
Credit (LoC) of 2 billion US dollars by Government of India to Government of
Bangladesh
13)Memorandum of
Understanding on Blue Economy and Maritime Cooperation in the Bay of Bengal and
the Indian Ocean
14)Memorandum of
Understanding on Use of Chittagong and Mongla Ports
15)Memorandum of
Understanding for a Project under IECC (India Endowment for Climate Change) of
SAARC
16)Memorandum of
Understanding on Indian Economic Zone
17)Cultural Exchange
Programme for the years 2015-17
18)Statement of Intent
on Bangladesh-India Education Cooperation (adoption)
19)Agreement between
Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam
Limited (BSNL) for leasing of international bandwidth for internet at Akhaura
20)Memorandum of
Understanding between University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and Council of Scientific
and Industrial Research, India for Joint Research on Oceanography of the Bay of
Bengal
21)Memorandum of
Understanding between University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh and University of
Jamia Milia Islamia, India
22)Handing over of
Consent Letter by Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA),
Bangladesh to Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), India to start operations in
Bangladesh
Modi announces $2-bn credit to Bangladesh
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PM
has announced a new $ 2 billion line of credit for Bangladesh and promised
quick implementation of the previous line of credit of $ 800 million and full
disbursement of $ 200 million.
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Modi
also oversaw the exchange of documents related to the Land Boundary Agreement
(LBA), to settle the 41-year-old border dispute, under which 111 border
enclaves will be transferred to Bangladesh in exchange for 51 that will become
part of India.
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Indian
Missions would be opened in Khulna and Sylhet while Bangladesh Mission will be
opened in Guwahati.
India, Bangladesh
launch 2 bus services
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To
bolster connectivity and augment people- to-people contact, two bus services,
Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala and Dhaka- Shillong-Guwahati , connecting key cities in
the two countries, were flagged off during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s
maiden visit to Bangladesh. This was flagged off by Mr. Modi, his Bangladeshi
counterpart Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
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During
the flag off ceremony, Modi handed over a symbolic ticket of the Agartala-
Dhaka-Kolkata service to Hasina and in return, she handed over a symbolic
ticket of Dhaka-Shillong-Guwahati service to him. Banerjee gave Hasina a
symbolic ticket of the Kolkata- Dhaka-Agartala service.
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There
will be two buses on the Kolkata-Agartala-Dhaka route, one of which is to be
run by the West Bengal government and the other by the Tripura government.
While, the bus in the Dhaka-Shillong-Guwahati route will be run by the
Bangladeshi government. Buses on this route will run three days a week each
from Guwahati and Dhaka, respectively.
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At
present, only two separate bus services between Dhaka-Kolkata and
Dhaka-Agartala are operational. The new service will link West Bengal to three
North Eastern states of India via Bangaldeshi capital Dhaka.
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