Bangladesh opened this Assistant High Commission on Mar 24 of this year with consular jurisdiction over Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland. Murshed met the chief minister on Friday when he was “warmly” received by him at his office Janata Bhawan, said a statement. In recent years, both Bangladesh and India have expanded their relations on all fronts and embarked on new fields of cooperation. Guwahati is the fifth mission after New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Agartala. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her counterpart Narendra Modi also launched new bus services -- Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala, Dhaka-Shilong-Guwahati, and Dhaka-Khulna-Kolkata.

Source: bd News24 April 29, 2017 09:45 UTC