Bangladesh -Bhutan signs MoU on agricultural cooperation; Meeting between Bangladesh Information Minister and Indian Information and Broadcasting Minister in New Delhi; A twenty member Bangladesh delegation visits India; US 7th Fleet Commander is on week-
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    • According to reports, Bangladesh and Bhutan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on agricultural cooperation between the two countries on September 11, 2012. Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury and visiting Bhutanese Agriculture and Forests Minister Lyonpo Pema Gyamtsho signed the MoU at Bangladesh Secretariat on behalf of their respective governments. Bangladesh Agriculture Research Council (BARC), Ministry of Agriculture and Forests and the Council for RNR Research of Bhutan (CoRRB) will implement the MoU. 1
    In another development, according to reports, Bangladesh has invited Indian archaeological experts for preservation of the ancestral house of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Tungipara and important historical sites like Mahasthangarh in Bogra and Moynamati in Comilla. After a meeting with Indian Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni in New Delhi on September 11, Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad told reporters that both sides also agreed to explore the possibility of allowing their TV channels to be watched in each other's territories. Bangladesh Information Minister Azad is now on a four-day official visit to India. 2
    In other developments, reports noted that a delegation of 20 senior officers from the three defence services of Bangladesh, including 10 foreign officers from National Defence College (NDC) are attending a five-day study tour in India from September 15, 2012. 3
    According to reports, US 7th Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Escott H Swift arrived in Bangladesh on September 15, 2012 to attend a week-long training exercise of the US Navy and Bangladesh Navy from September 17. 4

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