Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala bus arrives in Tripura
Monday, 8 June 2015
A bus which left Kolkata for Agartala via Dhaka in its maiden journey on the newly-inaugurated Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala bus route reached Agartala early Monday. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the Kolkata-Agartala Bus Service via Dhaka during Modi’s Bangladesh trip on Saturday (June 6). The bus arrived in Agartala, capital of India’s Tripura state, amid warm welcome. Earlier, senior state officials received the bus at the Indo-Bangla border in the eastern state of India on Sunday midnight. People waved at the bus as it passed through different areas and arrived in the state capital, according to NDTV.