PM Modi in Dhaka: Bus Services Flagged Off, Land Boundary Agreement Signed on Day 1

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Dhaka amid high expectations that his two-day visit will inject a new momentum in bilateral ties. In a departure from protocol, he was received at the airport by Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The two leaders will hold talks this evening. Tomorrow, the Leader of the Opposition BNP, Begum Khaleda Zia will also meet Mr Modi.

PM Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina during India-Bangladesh joint statement.
PM Narendra Modi handed over the main steering wheel of INS Vikrant to Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina.
PM Narendra Modi and Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina at the exchange of 22 agreements to strengthen cooperation between India and Bangladesh.

PM Narendra Modi presents a transcript and DVD of parliamentary debates on the land bill agreement to Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina.
PM Narendra Modi, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sit inside a bus at the inauguration of international bus services between India and Bangladesh. (Photo Courtesy: AFP Photo / Press Information Bureau)
PM Narendra Modi presented a hand-woven tapestry in Jamdani style from Andhra Pradesh to Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina witnessed the exchange of instrument of ratification of Land Boundary Agreement between the two countries in Dhaka. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is accompanying Mr Modi to Bangladesh, was also present. (Photo Courtesy: Agence France-Presse)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee flag off Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala bus services.
PM Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee confer in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

PM Narendra Modi visited Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, former house of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
After paying tributes to the martyrs, PM Narendra Modi paid his respects to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Bangabandhu Memorial Museum.
PM Narendra Modi began his Bangladesh visit by paying homage to the martyrs of the liberation war of 1971.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was given a guard of honour soon after his arrival in Dhaka. (Photo Courtesy: Agence France-Presse)
Breaking protocol, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina personally received Narendra Modi at the Shahjalal International Airport. (Photo Courtesy: Agence France-Presse)
PM Modi received a floral bouquet from a young girl on his arrival at the Shahjalal International Airport as Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina looked on. (Photo Courtesy: Agence France-Presse)
PM Narendra Modi is on a two-day visit to Bangladesh to seal a land pact which will finally allow tens of thousands of people living in border enclaves to choose their nationality after decades of stateless limbo. (Photo Courtesy: Agence France-Presse)
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Dhaka for his two-day visit, he greeted Bangladesh with a tweet saying 'I bring with me the affection and goodwill of the people of India'. (Photo courtesy: Agence France-Presse)