<div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><b>Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said India will start e-medical visa facility for Bangladeshis.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">PM Narendra Modi said they have taken the initiative to open a new Assistant High Commission in Rangpur for the convenience of the people of the North West region of Bangladesh.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"I wish both the teams all the best for the Cricket World Cup match this evening...Bangladesh is India's largest development partner and we give utmost priority to our relations with Bangladesh...," he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Indian PM made the remarks after a tete-e-tete and bilateral meeting with Bangladesh PrimMinister Sheikh Hasina at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said both countries will benefit from the agreement reached on cooperation in many areas such as Green Partnership, Digital Partnership, Blue Economy and Space.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We have kept in our focus - Connectivity, Commerce and Collaboration," Modi said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The two countries have 54 shared rivers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We have been cooperating on flood management, early warning, drinking water projects. We have decided to start negotiations at the technical level for the renewal of the 1996 Ganga Water Treaty," he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A technical team will soon visit Bangladesh to discuss river conservation and management.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">They two countries had detailed discussions on further strengthening defence cooperation, from defence production to modernisation of armed forces.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">They have decided to strengthen cooperation on counter-terrorism, de-radicalisation and peaceful management of borders.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Modi said Bangladesh is India's largest development partner, and they attach the highest priority to their relations with Bangladesh.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He reiterated India's commitment to realising Bangabandhu's vision of a stable, prosperous and progressive Bangladesh.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"I congratulate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for leading "Sonar Bangla".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Modi said they have prepared a futuristic vision for cooperation in new areas.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sheikh Hasina and Narendra Modi on Saturday held delegation-level talks at Hyderabad House of the Indian capital city.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Earlier, they had a one-to-one meeting (tete-a-tete).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, currently in New Delhi on a two-day state visit to India, was accorded a warm ceremonial reception by her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>