INDO – BANGLADESH RELATIONS

INDO – BANGLADESH RELATIONS

Subject : International Relations

Context: India and Bangladesh signed 5 MoUs in the fields of Disaster Management, trade, NCC, ICT and setting up of sports facilities during the official visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bangladesh.

Concept :

• Foundation stone was laid for infrastructure development for power evacuation facilities from the Rooppur Nuclear power plant.
• The Bangladesh leg of the Banagabandhu-Bapu Digital Exhibition was inaugurated by the two Prime Ministers. It will be taken to other parts of the world including the UN.
• Both the leaders also unveiled the foundation stone for the construction of a memorial at Ashuganj honoring the martyrs of Indian armed forces in the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh.
• India gifted 109 life support ambulances to Bangladesh and also 1.2 million doses of the Covishield vaccine.
• Three border haats were also opened along the India-Bangladesh border.

During the visit a number of announcements were made.

• A direct passenger train named ‘Mitali Express’ will run between Dhaka and New Jalpaiguri.
• Prime Minister Modi invited 50 young entrepreneurs from Bangladesh to connect with India’s start up ecosystem.
• 1000 SubarnoJayanti Scholarships were announced for the Bangladeshi students to study in India at the Undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
• A Bangabandhu Chair will be established at Delhi University to facilitate Bangladesh studies.
• Both countries agreed to start a new area of cooperation in the Civil nuclear and space sectors.

Places visited

• Prime Minister also visited the birthplace of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Tungipara and placed a wreath at his mausoleum to pay tribute to the father of the nation of Bangladesh.
• Prime Minister Modi visited the Jeshoreshwari temple in Satkhira. He announced that a cyclone shelter cum community hall will be built at the temple for use by the people.
• He also visited Orakandi where he was given a community reception. He paid respect at Harimandir in Orakandi and addressed the representatives of the Matua community.