India inks 7 pacts with Bangladesh; Hasina flags concerns over NRC roll-out

Bangladesh PM raises concern over NRC roll-out in meeting with PM

India and Bangladesh on Saturday signed seven agreements and launched three projects after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina held wide-ranging talks to further strengthen bilateral ties.

The projects included the sourcing of bulk liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from Bangladesh to Tripura by using Bangladeshi trucks. Dhaka also allowed New Delhi to withdraw 1.82 cusecs of water from Feni River for a drinking water supply scheme for Sabroom town in Tripura.

During the discussions, Hasina also raised concerns over the roll-out of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, an exercise carried out to identify