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Sheikh Hasina to have luncheon meeting with Modi
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- Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the inauguration of Bangladesh Bhavana at the Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan.
Important facts
- Both the Prime Minister is scheduled to visit Rabindra Bhavana, the museum that houses Rabindranath’s original manuscripts, paintings, letters and sketches.
- Shantiniketan University founded by Rabindranath Tagore in 1921
- Bangladesh confirmed that in Santiniketan the sharing of water of the Teesta River will be discussed.
- Tariq Karim, a leading expert on India-Bangladesh ties observed that the real block for the Teesta agreement is that West Bengal has to sort out its problems internally with the Centre in India.
- Tariq Karim also observed that to offset Teesta India could do certain things like
- Upgradation of the Ganges water barrage
- Revisit Hasina-Singh agreement to change the narrative from sharing of waters, to managing the water basins.
- Tariq Karim also says that Bangladesh must influence India to pressurize Mayanmar for swift and sustainable return of Rohingyas.
