Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today along with his Bangladeshi counterpart Shiekh Hasina today inaugurated the Bangladesh Bhavan in Shantiniketan University. The Bangladesh Bhavan is considered as a symbol of the cultural ties between the two countries.
PM Narendra Modi, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina & West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Bangladesh Bhavan in #SantiNiketan. pic.twitter.com/2dpTfAN0BH
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Shiekh Hasina, who is on a two-day visit on the invitation of Prime Minister Modi to India, was received by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
The Bangladesh Bhavan features a museum that showcases Rabindranath Tagore’s association with the country, the Liberation War of Bangladesh and Indo-Bangla relations. It was built at a cost of Rs 25 crore, which was provided by the Bangladesh government. An additional fund of Rs 10 crore would be given to help maintain the museum premises.
While addressing the students of Visva Bharati University, PM Modi said “First of all, as the chancellor of Visva Bharati University, I seek your apologies. When I was coming here, some students were telling me with gestures that there is no arrangement of drinking water. I want to apologise for all the inconvenience caused to you.”
“Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is present with us. India & Bangladesh are two separate countries, but our interests are connected. Be it culture or public policy, we learn a lot from each other. One such example is Bangladesh Bhavan,” said PM Modi.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will also be signed between Visva-Bharati and the Secondary and Higher Secondary Division of the education ministry of Bangladesh.
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