India for zero border killing: Pankaj Saran

(From left) Foreign Minister Dipu Moni, Ekatturer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee Acting President Prof Muntasir Mamun, Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pankaj Saran, the committee Adviser Kamal Lohani and Maj Gen (retd) KM Shafiullah at a discussion, “Bangladesh-India relation: Past and present”, organised by the committee in the capital's Institute of Diploma Engineers, Bangladesh marking December 6. On this day in 1971, India recognised Bangladesh as an independent state.Photo: STAR

India is committed to bringing down the killing of Bangladeshi people at the border to zero level, said Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pankaj Saran yesterday.
He hoped that the existing problems, including water sharing and minimising trade deficit, between the two countries would be addressed through joint efforts.
He was addressing as special guest a discussion titled “Bangladesh-India relation: Past and present” at the Institute of Diploma Engineers, Bangladesh in the capital.
Ekatturer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee organised the programme marking December 6, the day on which India recognised Bangladesh as an independent state in 1971.
In future, the governments and the people of India and Bangladesh will share common ideas and build a bilateral relationship based on the principle of mutual respect for each-other's sovereignty, territorial integrity and non-interference into internal affairs, Pankaj said.
Addressing the function as chief guest, Foreign Minister Dipu Moni said both the countries are working together with mutual trust and respect for changing the fate of the people.
Both the governments are trying for infrastructural development for minimising trade deficit, she said.
"We are also working to ensure proper management of transboundary rivers and producing electricity from hydropower through using sub-regional cooperation," the minister said.
She added that whenever the Awami League government assumes power, the relationship between the two countries strengthens.
Ekatturer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee Adviser Kamal Lohani chaired the discussion, while its General Secretary Kazi Mukul and acting President Prof Muntasir Mamun, and Dhaka University History Professor Mesbah Kamal also addressed it.