Modi made the remarks at a virtual summit with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday. “To strengthen relations with Bangladesh has been a priority for me since the first day,” Modi said. “This year has been full of challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hasina and Modi relaunched a trans-border rail route between Chilahati and West Bengal's Haldibari which has been inoperative for almost 55 years. The railway line from Haldibari in Cooch Behar to Chilahati in northern Bangladesh has been defunct after rail links between India and then East Pakistan snapped in 1965.

Source: bd News24 December 17, 2020 05:48 UTC