Staff Reporter :
“A treaty on setting up three power plants will be signed during the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bangladesh. These power plants will generate 5,000 megawatts of electricity,” said Dr Gowher Rizvi, International Affairs Adviser to Prime Minister.
He said this at a discussion meeting on “Approval of Land Boundary Agreement: Breakthrough Success of Friendship between Bangladesh and India” in the National Press Club on Friday morning.
Bangladesh India Citizen Society (BICS) and National Freedom Fighters’ Foundation (NFFF) jointly arranged the discussion with Executive President of BICS Zafor Iqbal Siddique in the chair. Prof Dr Chandan Sarker of IUBAT’s Economic Department, Chairman of NFFF Dr SM Jahangir Alam, Vice-Presidents of BICS Advocate Jahangir Alam Khan and Miah Mujibur Rahman, its Secretary General Monoranjan Ghoshal and Finance Secretary Lion Abu Bakr Siddique also took part in the discussion.
Gowher Rizvi said that the accord on power plants would largely help resolve the existing electricity problems in Bangladesh. “The accord is likely to be signed today (Saturday),” he said. The Indian Prime Minister is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka today for a two-day visit.
The PM’s adviser said that 1500 to 1800 members of
Indian Armed Forces were killed during the Liberation War of Bangladesh. “We will give official honour to them. We shall also do the same for Bangladeshi freedom fighters who died in India. We shall bring their ashes in the country. The ashes will be buried in the soil of Bangladesh with official honour” he said.
Gowher Rizvi said that the work for preparing a list of the slain Indians is underway. A treaty will also be signed in this regard, he said.
About the Teesta Water Sharing Treaty, he said, the issue is being discussed between Bangladesh and India with proper importance. If the treaty on the issue is not signed this time, the Teesta Treaty will be signed as soon as possible, he said.
Monoranjan Ghoshal said that all the unresolved issues between Bangladesh and India would be solved one after another, as Bangladesh-India relation reached a new height.
Meanwhile, Gowher Rizvi also took part in a separate seminar on “Bangladesh-India Relation: Regional Progress and Harmony” at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban on Dhaka University campus.
Rastrobiggyan Samity (Political Science Society) arranged the seminar with its president Prof Dr Giasuddin Mollah in the chair. Former Ambassador to the UN Barrister Harun-or-Rashid presented the keynote paper while DU VC Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique, Governor of Bangladesh Bank Dr Atiur Rahman and others took part in the discussion.
Addressing the seminar, Gowher Rizvi said, Bangladesh is highly interested to sign the Teesta Water Sharing Treaty, but it has been hanged due to objection of Kolkata. “The treaty will be signed with consent of Delhi and Kolkata. We will create pressure on Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee during her visit with the Indian Prime Minister,” he said.
“A treaty on setting up three power plants will be signed during the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bangladesh. These power plants will generate 5,000 megawatts of electricity,” said Dr Gowher Rizvi, International Affairs Adviser to Prime Minister.
He said this at a discussion meeting on “Approval of Land Boundary Agreement: Breakthrough Success of Friendship between Bangladesh and India” in the National Press Club on Friday morning.
Bangladesh India Citizen Society (BICS) and National Freedom Fighters’ Foundation (NFFF) jointly arranged the discussion with Executive President of BICS Zafor Iqbal Siddique in the chair. Prof Dr Chandan Sarker of IUBAT’s Economic Department, Chairman of NFFF Dr SM Jahangir Alam, Vice-Presidents of BICS Advocate Jahangir Alam Khan and Miah Mujibur Rahman, its Secretary General Monoranjan Ghoshal and Finance Secretary Lion Abu Bakr Siddique also took part in the discussion.
Gowher Rizvi said that the accord on power plants would largely help resolve the existing electricity problems in Bangladesh. “The accord is likely to be signed today (Saturday),” he said. The Indian Prime Minister is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka today for a two-day visit.
The PM’s adviser said that 1500 to 1800 members of
Indian Armed Forces were killed during the Liberation War of Bangladesh. “We will give official honour to them. We shall also do the same for Bangladeshi freedom fighters who died in India. We shall bring their ashes in the country. The ashes will be buried in the soil of Bangladesh with official honour” he said.
Gowher Rizvi said that the work for preparing a list of the slain Indians is underway. A treaty will also be signed in this regard, he said.
About the Teesta Water Sharing Treaty, he said, the issue is being discussed between Bangladesh and India with proper importance. If the treaty on the issue is not signed this time, the Teesta Treaty will be signed as soon as possible, he said.
Monoranjan Ghoshal said that all the unresolved issues between Bangladesh and India would be solved one after another, as Bangladesh-India relation reached a new height.
Meanwhile, Gowher Rizvi also took part in a separate seminar on “Bangladesh-India Relation: Regional Progress and Harmony” at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban on Dhaka University campus.
Rastrobiggyan Samity (Political Science Society) arranged the seminar with its president Prof Dr Giasuddin Mollah in the chair. Former Ambassador to the UN Barrister Harun-or-Rashid presented the keynote paper while DU VC Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique, Governor of Bangladesh Bank Dr Atiur Rahman and others took part in the discussion.
Addressing the seminar, Gowher Rizvi said, Bangladesh is highly interested to sign the Teesta Water Sharing Treaty, but it has been hanged due to objection of Kolkata. “The treaty will be signed with consent of Delhi and Kolkata. We will create pressure on Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee during her visit with the Indian Prime Minister,” he said.
