PM Modi to visit Bangladesh on March 26
Update: 2021-03-09 01:29 IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a visit to Bangladesh on March 26 to participate in the 50th anniversary celebrations of the liberation of Bangladesh in 1971.
The visit will be his first foreign visit in 15 months amid the coronavirus pandemic.
According to officials familiar with the visit, Modi and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina are likely to flag off a direct passenger train service between Dhaka and New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal.