Indo-Bangladesh relations

Bangladesh PM leaves for New Delhi for two day State Visit

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today left for New Delhi to pay a two days State Visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her entourage left Dhaka for New Delhi on a special Bangladesh Biman flight at 2:00 pm on Friday. This will be the first incoming bilateral State Visit after the formation of the government in India following the 18th Lok Sabha elections, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in a press release on Thursday. D...

April 1, 2024 9:41 AM

First consignment of Indian onion expected to arrive in Bangladesh tonight: Bangladesh Commerce Minister

The first consignment of Indian onion is expected to arrive in Bangladesh by Sunday night and would be sold to the consumers at Taka 40 per kilogram (kg) at retail level, said Bangladesh State Minister for Commerce Ahsanul Islam Titu. "A total of 1650 out of 50,000 metric tons of onion will be imported through train in the first consignment and the sales of the imported onion will start within two days through the appointed dealers in Dhaka and Chattogram," Titu said. Titu said this at a p...