Highlights 1 The relation between Sheikh Hasina and Mamata Banerjee has been frosty off late to say the least. 3 But, when Mamata went to Hyderabad House to join in the lunch thrown by Modi in honour of Hasina, that frost was replaced with warmth. The relation between these two political heavyweights, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been frosty off late to say the least. Addressing the Budapest Water Summit in 2016 Hasina said, "Water challenges today are not the scarcity of water in absolute term; rather its equitable distribution. And it seems what persuasions couldn't achieve; hilsa, sandesh and Baluchari saree exchange has.

Source: India Today April 08, 2017 18:22 UTC