Foreign Relations
Construction of fence at the India-Bangladesh border
The Bangladesh Acting High Commissioner to India, Mr. Md. Nural Islam, was summoned by MEA to the South Block today, January 13, 2025, at 2:00 pm. […]
Bangladesh
Foreign Relations
Inauguration of the first trilateral power transaction from Nepal to Bangladesh through the Indian Grid
Union Minister for Power and Housing & Urban Affairs, Shri Manohar Lal, jointly inaugurated the power flow from Nepal to Bangladesh, along with Md. Fouzul Kabir Khan, Adviser, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Government of Bangladesh, and Mr. Dipak Khadka, Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Government of Nepal through a virtual event hosted by the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Government of Nepal. […]
Foreign Relations
INS Ranvir arrives at Chattogram, Bangladesh
Indian Naval Ship INS Ranvir, of the Eastern Fleet under the aegis of the Eastern Naval Command arrived at Chattogram, Bangladesh on 29 Jun 24 as part of an Operational Deployment. […]
Foreign Relations
PM of Bangladesh calls on President
Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, H.E. Sheikh Hasina called on President Smt Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (22 June 2024). […]
Foreign Relations
Visit of leaders for the swearing-in ceremony of PM & Council of Ministers
The swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and the Council of Ministers following the General Elections 2024 is scheduled on 09 June 2024. […]
Foreign Relations
4th India-Bangladesh Consular Dialogue
The 4th Round of the India-Bangladesh Consular Dialogue was held on 29 May 2024 in New Delhi. […]
Agriculture & Commodities
Foreign Secretary Shri Vinay Kwatra visits Bangladesh
Foreign Secretary Shri Vinay Kwatra paid an official visit to Bangladesh from 08-09 May, 2024. This was the first official visit to Bangladesh after formation of the new government in January 2024. […]
Business
Centre allows export of onion to six countries
Centre allows export of 99,150 MT onion to six countries Bangladesh, UAE, Bhutan, Bahrain, Mauritius and Sri Lanka. National Cooperative Exports Limited (NCEL) is the agency for export of onion to the countries. Government of India allows export of 2000 MT of white onion cultivated specially for export markets in Middle-East and some European countries. […]
Foreign Relations
Official Visit of H.E. Dr. Hasan Mahmud to India
At the invitation of the External Affairs Minister of India, Dr. S. Jaishankar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, H.E. Dr. Hasan Mahmud, is paying an official visit to India from February 7-9, 2024. […]
Delegations
Visit of Foreign Minister of Bangladesh
At the invitation of External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar, Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, Dr. Hasan Mahmud will visit India from 07- 09 February 2024. […]
Foreign Relations
PM congratulates PM Sheikh Hasina for victory for fourth consecutive term
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi spoke to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh today and congratulated her on her victory for a historic fourth consecutive term in the Parliamentary elections. […]
Foreign Relations
India- Bangladesh Foreign Office Consultations
India- Bangladesh Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) were held in New Delhi on 24 November 2023. […]
Foreign Relations
PMs of India & Bangladesh to jointly inaugurate three development projects
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Bangladesh, H.E. Sheikh Hasina will jointly inaugurate three Indian-assisted development projects on 1 November 2023 at around 11 AM via video conferencing. […]
World
Australia, UAE & Bangladesh call on Lok Sabha Speaker
The Parliamentary Forum on LiFE (Mission Lifestyle for Environment), has been held today, October 12, 2023, on the day preceding the grand opening of the ninth G20 Parliamentary Speakers’ Summit (P20) […]
Defence
5th Annual Defence Dialogue India & Bangladesh
India and Bangladesh held the fifth Annual Defence Dialogue on 28 August 2023 in Dhaka. […]
Foreign Relations
Rajeev Chandrasekhar’s Meetings with Delegations of 4 Nations
Potential areas of collaboration such as Digital Public Infrastructures, India Stack, AI, Skilling and Cybersecurity explored […]
Foreign Relations
7th Deputy NSA Meeting of Colombo Security Conclave
The 7th Deputy NSA level meeting of the Colombo Security Conclave (CSC) was hosted by Maldives on 12 July 2023. Member States India, Maldives, Mauritius and Sri Lanka met in the virtual format. Bangladesh and Seychelles participated as Observers. […]
Defence
Chief of the Army staff on a two-day visit to Bangladesh
General Manoj Pande, the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) has proceeded on a two-day visit to Bangladesh from 05 to 06 June 2023. […]
Education
NCGG completed training of 60th batch of civil servants
The 2–week 60th capacity building programme (CBP) for the civil servants of Bangladesh organised by the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) in partnership with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) concluded on 2nd June 2023. […]
Foreign Relations
NCGG commences 60th CBP for civil servants of Bangladesh
The 2-week Capacity Building Programme (CBP) for civil servants of Bangladesh (60th batch) was inaugurated at the NCGG campus, Mussoorie. Following the successful completion of the first phase of training […]
Foreign Relations
Dr S. Jaishankar to visit Bangladesh, Sweden, Belgium
External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr S. Jaishankar will be paying an official visit to Bangladesh (11-12 May 2023), Sweden (13-15 May 2023) and Belgium (15-16 May 2022) […]
Business
3 CBPs for civil servants of Maldives & Bangladesh
With the scaled-up activities of the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG), three capacity-building programmes (CBPs) for the civil servants of Bangladesh (59th batch with 45 participants) and Maldives (22nd & 23rd batch with 50 participants) commenced at the Mussoorie campus. […]
Foreign Relations
NTPC marks its first Overseas Capacity Addition
NTPC marks its first Overseas Capacity Addition; With Bangladesh’s Power Plant, Group’s Installed Capacity goes up to 72304 MW. NTPC has marked its first overseas capacity addition, beginning with Bangladesh. […]
Foreign Relations
Conference to Accelerating Rail Transformation in Asia
A High-Level Conference on Accelerating Rail Digital Transformation in Asia and the Pacific region was held in New Delhi, India on 5 and 6 April 2023. […]
Foreign Relations
Virtual Inauguration of India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline on 18 March 2023 at 1700 Hrs (IST) via video conference. […]
Foreign Relations
Shri Vinay Kwatra concluded his visit to Bangladesh
Foreign Secretary Shri Vinay Kwatra concluded his official visit to Bangladesh today. During the visit, Foreign Secretary called on the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, H.E. Sheikh Hasina and conveyed the Prime Minister’s message of India’s continued commitment to the bilateral relationship […]
Foreign Relations
Shri Vinay Kwatra visits Bangladesh
Foreign Secretary Shri Vinay Kwatra will pay an official visit to Bangladesh from 15-16 February 2023 at the invitation of the Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh, Mr Masud Bin Momen. […]
Technology
CDTI organised a virtual workshop on ‘Counter Radicalization’
The Ministry of External Affairs, in cooperation with the Ministry of Home Affairs [Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D) jointly with its outlying training unit, the Central Detective Training Institute (CDTI)] organised a virtual workshop on ‘Counter Radicalization’ on 02-03 February 2023. […]
Foreign Relations
ICG conducts a one-week Maritime Rescue operations drill
Indian Coast Guard (ICG) conducted a one-week Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) operations & Search and Rescue (SAR) course in Mumbai between January 16-21 […]
Foreign Relations
10th meeting of the BIMSTEC Joint Working Group on CTTC
The 10th meeting of the BIMSTEC Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (JWG-CTTC), hosted by the Government of India, began on 12 January 2022 in New Delhi […]
Foreign Relations
27 Maldives and 39 Bangladesh civil servants taking part in NCGG
Two-Week Capacity building programmes for civil servants of Maldives and Bangladesh was unveiled at National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG), Mussoorie ; 27 civil servants from Maldives and 39 Civil Servants from Bangladesh are taking part in these two programmes […]
Foreign Relations
Intl Packaging Conference held in Mumbai
International Conference on Packaging at Packmach Asia 2022, and Buyer Seller meet begins in Mumbai […]
Foreign Relations
5 Envoys present their Credentials
The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu accepted credentials from the High Commissioners/Ambassadors of Bangladesh, Maldives, United Arab Emirates, Latvia and Japan at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan […]
Foreign Relations
Indian Coast Guard Rescues 20 Bangladeshi Fishermen
Indian Coast Guard (ICG) rescued 20 Bangladeshi fishermen from the sea off Sagar Island near Indo-Bangladesh International Maritime Border Line (IMBL) […]
Foreign Relations
Youth Delegation from Bangladesh calls on the President
A youth delegation from Bangladesh called on the President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu, at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (October 14, 2022). […]
Foreign Relations
Capacity Building of Bangladesh civil servants starts at NCGG
Capacity Building of Bangladesh civil servants started at NCGG, Mussoorie; 1,800 civil servants of Bangladesh to be imparted training in partnership with MEA by 2025 […]
Foreign Relations
India and Bangladesh agree to withdraw Kushiyara waters
Cabinet approves Memorandum of Understanding between India and Bangladesh on withdrawal of upto 153 cusecs of water each by India and Bangladesh from common border river Kushiyara […]
Foreign Relations
Prime Minister of Bangladesh calls on the President Murmu
Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh called on the President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan today. […]
Foreign Relations
38th Indo-Bangladesh Meeting on Joint Rivers Commission held
38th Meeting of Ministerial level Joint Rivers Commission of India and Bangladesh held at New Delhi […]
Foreign Relations
BIMSTEC to build a stronger alliance within its members
BIMSTEC Secretary General H.E. Mr. Tenzin Lekphell held discussions on consolidation and further development of the BIMSTEC institutional architecture under the BIMSTEC Charter […]
Foreign Relations
Vikram Doraiswami appointed as High Commissioner to UK
Shri Vikram K. Doraiswami currently serving as the Honourable High Commissioner of People’s Republic of Bangladesh has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom […]
Foreign Relations
BIMSTEC Secretary General visits India
BIMSTEC Secretary General H.E. Mr. Tenzin Lekphell will visit India from 22-25 August 2022 at the invitation of Shri Saurabh Kumar, Secretary, MEA. […]
Foreign Relations
2nd India-Bangladesh Tri-services Staff Talks held
2nd India-Bangladesh Tri-services Staff Talks held in New Delhi to further strengthen bilateral defence engagements […]
Foreign Relations
Pranay Verma appointed as High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh
Shri Pranay Kumar Verma currently serving as the Honourable Ambassador of India to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh […]
Foreign Relations
2nd North-East Buyer-Seller Meet held
Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Minister of State for External Affairs and Education will be visiting Guwahati to attend the Inaugural Session of 2nd North-East Buyer – Seller Meet (NE BSM) 2022 on 28 July 2022 […]
Foreign Relations
3rd India-Bangladesh Consular Dialogue held
The 3rd India-Bangladesh Consular Dialogue was held on 25 July 2022 in Dhaka […]
Foreign Relations
India-Bangladesh 7th Joint Consultative Commission Meeting Held In Delhi
The JCC was co-chaired by Dr. S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister of India and Dr. A.K. Abdul Momen, M.P., Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh. […]
Foreign Relations
7th round of Bangladesh-India JCC meet on Sunday
India and Bangladesh will be holding the 7th Meeting of the Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) in New Delhi on June 19, 2022. […]
Foreign Relations
APEDA organizes International Buyer Seller Meet at Leh
Farmers, entrepreneurs from Ladakh, and global buyers from the USA, Bangladesh, Oman, and United Arab Emirates participated in the day-long meet […]
Finance
India Bangladesh Joint Military Exercise “Ex Sampriti-X” To Commence In Bangladesh
As part of the ongoing India Bangladesh bilateral defense cooperation, a joint military training exercise Ex SAMPRITI-X is being conducted at Jashore Military Station in Bangladesh from 05 June to 16 June 2022. […]