Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina to visit India from Sept 5 to 8

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will come to India for a State visit from September 5 to September 8, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson said on Thursday.

During her visit, Hasina will call on President Droupadi Murmu and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar and hold bilateral consultations with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, MEA



said.

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will call on the Prime Minister. She is also likely to visit Ajmer.

While in India, Hasina is expected to award the Mujib Scholarship, an initiative of the Government of Bangladesh, to the descendants of 200 Indian Armed Forces personnel who were martyred and critically injured during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971, the Bangladesh government said.