India, Bangladesh sign bilateral pact

By IANS,

Dhaka: India and Bangladesh Tuesday firmed up their ties by signing a comprehensive framework agreement and with pacts on a variety of issues ranging from tiger conservation to land disputes.


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Hours after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived on a two-day visit, the two countries signed a protocol on demarcating their land boundary, a pact to facilitate overland transit to Nepal and on conserving the Royal Bengal Tiger — and the Sundarbans.

The agreements were signed after Manmohan Singh, the first Indian prime minister to visit Bangladesh in 12 years, held talks with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina for over half hour.

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