New Delhi: Bangladesh and India on Tuesday signed seven Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) demonstrating cooperation in many areas including water sharing of the Kushiyara River.
Scientific Cooperation between Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India has signed MoU with the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR). Other signed MoUs between the National Judicial Academy, Bhopal, India, and the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.
One of the signed MoUs is a withdrawal of 153 cusec water from the Kushiyara River by Bangladesh under the upper Surma-Kushiyara project, Sylhet via Rahmipur.
Two MoUs were signed between the Ministry of Railways, India, and Bangladesh Railway for the training of Bangladesh Railway staff at the training Institutes of Indian Railway and between the Ministry of Railways, India, and Bangladesh Railway for collaboration for IT solutions in Bangladesh part.
MoU between Prasar Bharati and Bangladesh Television was also signed. Meanwhile, another MoU between the two sides was signed for cooperation in the areas of Space Technology.
Issues related to security cooperation, investment, enhanced trade relations, power, and energy sector cooperation, water sharing of common rivers, water resources management, border management, combating drug smuggling and human trafficking will get priority during the talks between PM Hasina and her Indian counterpart Modi, officials said.
(Vinayak)
