Underlining that cooperation between India and Bangladesh in the field of Information and Broadcasting will help "combat" terrorism and "misgivings", New Delhi and Dhaka have agreed to broadcast their respective national TV channels in each other's country.
Bangladesh has also asked India the list of nearly 8000 soldiers who laid their lives during the Liberation War so that they could be honoured for their contribution.
The two sides have also agreed to cooperate on film making, preparing documentaries on the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation war and Sheikh Mujibur Rehman, the father of Bangladesh.
Bangladeshi Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu, who met his Indian counterpart Venkaiah Naidu, also raised the issue of broadcasting Bangladeshi channels in India and mooted a proposal whether India consider lowering the fees for SAARC nations.
"With joint production of documentaries on history, culture, we can counter rumours, false propaganda. Terrorists thrive on false propaganda.
"To diffuse the poverty bomb, we need to diffuse the communal bomb. We need proper dissemination of information in all these sectors," he said today, adding that it requires a "collective" and "multi-dimensional" approach.
The two countries have also decided to have MoU under which information could be shared under which a Joint Working Group of Officers will be formed immediately .
He also mooted a proposal before Naidu to have slots on religion in Doordarshan as Doordarshan have no slots to discuss religion and history.
"What I discussed with the I&B Minister (Naidu) is that can we dedicate a particular time in Doordarshan, Akashwani, for history, regional cooperation, culture and religion, particularly to combat terrorism.
The two sides will have also agreed to cooperate on film- making and training professionals from mass media like journalists and even civil servants.
"India has also sought cooperation in archival section as the first Devdas produced in South Asia is with Bangladesh," Inu said.
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