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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Tuesday that Bangladesh would gauge proposals from both India and China to build a mega project on the cross-border Teesta River involving a reservoir and accept the better one for her country.

The China factor, while important, should not be overstated. India-Bangladesh ties today stand on their own merit.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is upset over being left out of the consultation on key decisions between India and Bangladesh during the neighbouring country's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit, sources have told NDTV.

Around 2,500 voters crossed fencing on the India-Bangladesh border to cast their votes in Tripura on April 19.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday virtually inaugurated and laid the foundation of projects worth Rs 8,534 crore in Tripura, including an integrated check-post at Sabroom along the India-Bangladesh border.

President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said that India is proud to have been a friend and partner in the Liberation War of Bangladesh, and continues to share the development journey with the neighbouring nation.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday met newly-appointed Bangladesh Foreign Minister Mohammed Hasan Mahmud here and hailed the bilateral relations, which are "growing from strength to strength."

To prevent the smuggling of cattle and narcotics, the BSF will now have a second line of deterrence -- a thick hedge of more than 60,000 medicinal plants and 40 bee boxes -- along a three-kilometer fenced stretch of the India-Bangladesh border.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said India is a 'great friend' of Bangladesh and the two neighbours have resolved many problems bilaterally, a day after she won an overwhelming majority in the general elections and secured a record

The BSF troops of 68 Battalion under South Bengal Frontier arranged the last glimpse for the daughter near Border Outpost-Madhupur in West Bengal on humanitarian grounds.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said India's two major borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh will be completely secured in the next two years, with work underway to plug gaps in about 60 km stretch along these two fronts.

India and Bangladesh on Friday vowed to bolster cooperation in key areas such as security, trade, and regional connectivity.

The Border Security Force (BSF), under the South Bengal frontier, thwarted a unique attempt of gold smuggling and arrested a 59-year-old man with two packets containing gold, weighing 1,059.400 grams while being smuggled from Bangladesh to India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday jointly inaugurated three projects via virtual mode, including a key rail link between Tripura's Nischintapur and Gangasagar in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh and India have established a rail link via Tripura in the northeast after a gap over seven decades. The Akhaura- Agartala cross-border rail link will greatly reduce travel time between, for example, Kolkata and Agartala and improve trade.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Tuesday that Bangladesh would gauge proposals from both India and China to build a mega project on the cross-border Teesta River involving a reservoir and accept the better one for her country.

The China factor, while important, should not be overstated. India-Bangladesh ties today stand on their own merit.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is upset over being left out of the consultation on key decisions between India and Bangladesh during the neighbouring country's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit, sources have told NDTV.

Around 2,500 voters crossed fencing on the India-Bangladesh border to cast their votes in Tripura on April 19.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday virtually inaugurated and laid the foundation of projects worth Rs 8,534 crore in Tripura, including an integrated check-post at Sabroom along the India-Bangladesh border.

President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said that India is proud to have been a friend and partner in the Liberation War of Bangladesh, and continues to share the development journey with the neighbouring nation.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday met newly-appointed Bangladesh Foreign Minister Mohammed Hasan Mahmud here and hailed the bilateral relations, which are "growing from strength to strength."

To prevent the smuggling of cattle and narcotics, the BSF will now have a second line of deterrence -- a thick hedge of more than 60,000 medicinal plants and 40 bee boxes -- along a three-kilometer fenced stretch of the India-Bangladesh border.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said India is a 'great friend' of Bangladesh and the two neighbours have resolved many problems bilaterally, a day after she won an overwhelming majority in the general elections and secured a record

The BSF troops of 68 Battalion under South Bengal Frontier arranged the last glimpse for the daughter near Border Outpost-Madhupur in West Bengal on humanitarian grounds.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said India's two major borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh will be completely secured in the next two years, with work underway to plug gaps in about 60 km stretch along these two fronts.

India and Bangladesh on Friday vowed to bolster cooperation in key areas such as security, trade, and regional connectivity.

The Border Security Force (BSF), under the South Bengal frontier, thwarted a unique attempt of gold smuggling and arrested a 59-year-old man with two packets containing gold, weighing 1,059.400 grams while being smuggled from Bangladesh to India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday jointly inaugurated three projects via virtual mode, including a key rail link between Tripura's Nischintapur and Gangasagar in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh and India have established a rail link via Tripura in the northeast after a gap over seven decades. The Akhaura- Agartala cross-border rail link will greatly reduce travel time between, for example, Kolkata and Agartala and improve trade.