Foreign Minister of Bangladesh visits Canada; India permits exports of three lakh tonnes of the non-Basmati rice to Bangladesh at a concessional rate
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    • Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, Dipu Moni, left for Canada on February 12, 2011 on a five-day state visit to prepare the ground for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to the country likely in March. During the visit, foreign minister will meet her Canadian counterpart Lawrence Cannon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and would discuss on issues like development cooperation, trade and investment, regional security and immigration and repatriation of Bangabandhu's condemned killer Noor Chowdhury, who is reportedly in Canada now.1

    In other developments, reports noted that though India had banned exports of non-basmati rice in April 2008, the government has permitted exports of three lakh tonnes of the rice to Bangladesh on diplomatic grounds and at a concessional rate.2

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