Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanks Sheikh Hasina for 'special welcome'

DHAKA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was personally received by Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina at the Dhaka airport on Friday morning. PM Modi's two-day visit to Bangladesh is his first foreign visit since the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic.

Prime Minister Modi thanked Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina for personally receiving him at the Dhaka airport on his arrival in the country on a two-day visit.

"Landed in Dhaka. I thank PM Sheikh Hasina for the special welcome at the airport. This visit will contribute to even stronger bilateral relations between our nations," PM Modi tweeted, sharing a photo of the Bangladesh Prime Minister welcoming him at the airport.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also met Bangladeshi political and community leaders in Dhaka, including representatives of minorities and 'Muktijoddhas', the fighters of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. (Agencies)

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