PM Modi leaves for Bangladesh on two-day visit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday left for Bangladesh on a two-day visit during which he will take part in a wide range of programmes aimed at furthering cooperation between the two countries.

“PM @narendramodi emplanes for Dhaka. During his Bangladesh visit he will take part in a wide range of programmes aimed at furthering cooperation with our friendly neighbour,” the PMO tweeted, sharing a picture of Modi boarding the aircraft.

The prime minister had on Thursday said he will hold substantive discussions with his Bangladeshi counterpart, Sheikh Hasina, during the visit, as he expressed happiness that his first foreign tour after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic will be to a friendly neighbouring country with which India shares deep ties.