BSS, Dhaka

India has decided to waive the ban on export of rice to Bangladesh for an additional five lakh tonnes of rice and proposed its willingness to undertake rehabilitation programme in ten severely affected coastal villages.
Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee yesterday informed it to Chief Adviser Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed while he (Pranab Mukherjee) called on him at his office here.
Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee yesterday said ties with Dhaka continued to improve while his Bangladesh counterpart Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury expected it to reach a level to be “stabilised permanently”. [Read more]