Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit Bangladesh from 6-7 June. Modi’s delegation will also include Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal.
In Dhaka, Modi will meet and participate in a bilateral summit meeting with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The two leaders are expected to sign and operationalise the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) which was recently ratified by the Indan parliament. Modi will also call on the President of Bangladesh Abdul Hamid during his stay there.
During the visit Modi will collect the Award of Liberation War Honour on behalf of former Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and flag off the Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala and Dhaka-Shillong-Guwahati bus routes, among other ceremonies. He will visit the Bangabandhu National Museum, Ramakrishna Mission Math and the Dhakeshwari temple in Dhaka.
India Bangladesh trade: $6.17 billion (2012-13)
Indian exports: $6.03 billion (Cotton, vehicles, cereals, residue and waste from food industry, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances)
Indian imports: $143.954 million (Vegetable textile fibre, fish and crustaceans, textile articles, edible fruits and nuts, clothing accessories and apparel)
All trade figures are from the Ministry of External Affairs, India, country briefs