PM Modi, Bangladesh PM Hasina to meet on Visva Bharati University convocation sidelines

Kolkata | Wednesday | 23rd May, 2018

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(Express Photo By Amit Mehra/File)Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Friday meet his Bangladeshi counterpart, Sheikh Hasina, on the sidelines of Visva Bharati’s convocation. the vital Teesta water sharing treaty has not been implemented,’’ said Vidyasagar University’s political science professor Shibaji Pratim Basu. The two are likely to discuss issues like Teesta water sharing, cross-border terrorism and the exodus of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar to Bangladesh. She will meet Mamata on the sidelines of Kazi Nazrul Islam University’s convocation, where the Bangladesh prime minister will be conferred a DLitt degree on Saturday. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is yet to agree to the sharing of Teesta waters with Bangladesh, citing possible shortage it may cause in her state..