Teesta: Technical team to visit Bangladesh soon to discuss conservation, management issues

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said India will start e-medical visa facility for Bangladeshis, reports UNB.
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.
"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.
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.
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.
"We have kept in our focus - Connectivity, Commerce and Collaboration," Modi said.
The two countries have 54 shared rivers.
"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.
A technical team will soon visit Bangladesh to discuss river conservation and management.
They two countries had detailed discussions on further strengthening defence cooperation, from defence production to modernisation of armed forces.
They have decided to strengthen cooperation on counter-terrorism, de-radicalisation and peaceful management of borders.