Arunachal Pradesh’s Water Resources Development Minister and Bangladesh High Commissioner to India discuss management of Brahmaputra for mutual benefit; US Seventh Fleet Commander visits Bangladesh; Bangladesh-Bhutan sign MoU; Chittagong-based Hefajat-e I
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    • Arunachal Pradesh’s Water Resources Development Minister Newlai Tingkhatra met Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Tariq A Karim in Itanagar on April 5, 2013 and discussed several measures for better management of the Brahmaputra river water for mutual benefit. Among the issues discussed were ways to tackle the problem of siltation in the river, dredging and building embankments to increase water depth for inland water transport. 1

    Reports noted that US Seventh Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Scott H Swift came to Dhaka on April 6, 2013 on a three-day visit to meet the Bangladesh navy chief and military and government officials to discuss maritime issues. 2

    According to reports, in a bid to further strengthen bilateral relations, Bangladesh and Bhutan inked a deal to establish a formal institutional mechanism to hold regular consultations for exploring new avenues of cooperation on April 1, 2013. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Bilateral Consultation was signed by Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque and Bhutanese Foreign Secretary Yeshey Dorji at state guesthouse Meghna in Dhaka. The foreign secretary of Bhutan is leading a four-member delegation on a three-day visit to Bangladesh at the invitation of his Bangladeshi counterpart to attend the first Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) held on April 2, 2013. 3

    In other developments, according to reports, Chittagong-based Hefajat-e Islam held a rally at Shapla Chattar in Dhakaon on April 6 demanding punishment of “atheist bloggers” of Shahbagh.. 4

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