Published on 08:55 PM, April 08, 2017

List of Bangladesh-India deals

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina signs visitors' book during her visit for homage at the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat, New Delhi on April 08, 2017. Photo: flickr/ MEAphotogallery

Bangladesh today inked a total of 22 agreements and Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with India during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's state visit to the neighbouring country. Here is a list of the deals.

1. MoU on Defence Cooperation Framework between GoI and GoB

2. MoU between Defence Services Staff College, Wellington (Nilgiris), Tamil Nadu, India and Defence Services Command and Staff College, Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh for Enhancing Cooperation in the Field of Strategic and operational studies

3. MoU between National Defence College, Dhaka, Bangladesh and National Defence College, New Delhi, India for enhancing cooperation in the field of national security, development and strategic studies

4. MoU between India and Bangladesh on Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space        

5. Agreement between India and Bangladesh on Cooperation in Peaceful uses of Nuclear Energy

6. Arrangement between The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board(AERB), India and The Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority(BAERA) of Bangladesh for the Exchange of Technical Information and Co-operation in the Regulation of Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection

7. Inter-Agency Agreement between Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership (GCNEP), Department of Atomic Energy, India and Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission(BAEC), Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh on Cooperation regarding Nuclear Power Plant Projects in Bangladesh-

8. MoU between the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) of India and Information and Communication Technology Division of Bangladesh on Co-operation in the field of Information Technology and Electronics

9. MoU between the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), India and Bangladesh Government Computer Incident Response Team (BGD e-Gov CIRT), Bangladesh Computer Council of Information and Communication Technology division, Ministry of Post, Telecommunication and IT On Cooperation in the area of Cyber Security

10. MoU between India and Bangladesh on Establishing Border Haats Across the Border between India and Bangladesh

11. MoU between India and Bangladesh on Bilateral Judicial Sector Cooperation

12. MoU between the National Judicial Academy, India and the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on Training and Capacity Building Programme for Bangladeshi Judicial Officers in India    

13. MoU between the Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships (DGLL), Ministry of Shipping, India and the Department of Shipping, Ministry of Shipping, Bangladesh Concerning Cooperation on Aids to Navigation

14. MoU between Geological Survey of India (GSI) and Geological Survey of Bangladesh (GSB) on Mutual Scientific Cooperation in the field of Earth Sciences for Research and Development

15. MoU & SOPs on Passenger and Cruise Services on the Coastal and Protocol Route between Bangladesh and India

16. MoU on Development of Fairway from Sirajganj to Daikhowa and Ashuganj to Zakiganj on Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route between the Ministry of Shipping of India and Ministry of Shipping of Bangladesh

17. MoU between India and Bangladesh on Cooperation in the Field of Mass Media

18. Audio-visual Co-production Agreement between India and Bangladesh

19. MoU between GoI and GoB for extending Defence LOC of USD 500 million

20. Agreement between Bangladesh And India for the Regulation of Motor Vehicle Passenger Traffic (Khulna-Kolkata route) and SOP of the Agreement

21. MoU between the GoI and GoB for Extending a 3rd Line of Credit (LoC) by GoI to GoB

22. Financing Agreement between GoI and GoB for the Construction of 36 Community Clinics in Bangladesh