Ex-envoys of Dhaka, Delhi meet today

The first India-Bangladesh High Commissioners' Summit which aims to broaden the two nation's bilateral ties further will be held in the capital today.
The summit will begin at 9:00am at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of Dhaka University.
The university's Department of International Relations and India-Bangladesh Foundation are jointly organising the programme.
The event will bring together former high commissioners of Bangladesh and India who will share their mutual experiences on the current state of India-Bangladesh relations.
Indian High Commission sources said six former high commissioners of the country, who previously served in Dhaka, are expected to participate in this summit.
They are Muchkund Dubey (Oct 1979-Oct 1982), IS Chadha (Oct 1985-Feb 1989), Deb Mukharji (March 1995-July 2000), Veena Sikri (Dec 2003-Nov 2006), Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty (January 2007-Dec 2009) and Rajeet Mitter (Dec 2009-Oct 2011).
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali will address the inaugural session as the chief guest, while it will also be addressed, among others, by Dhaka University Vice-chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique, Prof Ashequa Irshad and Prof Imtiaz Ahmed of Department of International Relations.
The inaugural session will be followed by three working sessions where the former high commissioners of the two countries will deliver their speeches on Lessons from the Past, Changes and Hurdles in Contemporary Times, and India-Bangladesh Relations and its Future.