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| India and Bangladesh have signed five agreements including treaties on tackling cross-border crime and combating terrorism. | India and Bangladesh have signed five agreements including treaties on tackling cross-border crime and combating terrorism. |
| The agreements were signed on the opening day of Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's official visit to India. | The agreements were signed on the opening day of Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's official visit to India. |
| Sheikh Hasina assured the Indians that Bangladesh would not allow its soil to be used by groups "inimical to India." | Sheikh Hasina assured the Indians that Bangladesh would not allow its soil to be used by groups "inimical to India." |
| Ties between the two have improved after Sheikh Hasina's Awami League-led government came to power last year. | Ties between the two have improved after Sheikh Hasina's Awami League-led government came to power last year. |
| Since then Bangladesh has cracked down on Indian separatist rebels sheltering in the country and handed over several senior rebel leaders to India. | Since then Bangladesh has cracked down on Indian separatist rebels sheltering in the country and handed over several senior rebel leaders to India. |
| Nearly 200 fighters belonging to rebel groups in Assam and Tripura have fled the crackdown in Bangladesh and some have already surrendered. | Nearly 200 fighters belonging to rebel groups in Assam and Tripura have fled the crackdown in Bangladesh and some have already surrendered. |
| The two neighbours signed agreements relating to mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, transfer of sentenced persons, combating terrorism, organised crime and drug trafficking, sharing electricity and bolstering cultural links. | The two neighbours signed agreements relating to mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, transfer of sentenced persons, combating terrorism, organised crime and drug trafficking, sharing electricity and bolstering cultural links. |
| "We are confident that this visit would serve to underline that strong India-Bangladesh relations are vital, not just for both our countries, but for the entire region and the international community," Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said. | "We are confident that this visit would serve to underline that strong India-Bangladesh relations are vital, not just for both our countries, but for the entire region and the international community," Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said. |
| Sheikh Hasina met her Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh and the ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi on Monday. | |
| India has also pledged continued economic assistance to Bangladesh. | India has also pledged continued economic assistance to Bangladesh. |
| Correspondents say the two countries still have a range of contentious issues to resolve ranging from the sharing of river waters to demarcation of a maritime boundary in the Bay of Bengal. | Correspondents say the two countries still have a range of contentious issues to resolve ranging from the sharing of river waters to demarcation of a maritime boundary in the Bay of Bengal. |
| Bangladesh and India share more than 50 rivers but Bangladesh believes it is not getting enough water, as India has built a number of dams upstream. | Bangladesh and India share more than 50 rivers but Bangladesh believes it is not getting enough water, as India has built a number of dams upstream. |
| The dispute over the maritime border is important as it is believed that there may be vast gas and oil deposits in the Bay of Bengal. | The dispute over the maritime border is important as it is believed that there may be vast gas and oil deposits in the Bay of Bengal. |
| Bangladesh's Foreign Minister, Dipu Moni, told the BBC that the country was prepared to go the UN if bilateral negotiations failed to solve the maritime boundary dispute. | Bangladesh's Foreign Minister, Dipu Moni, told the BBC that the country was prepared to go the UN if bilateral negotiations failed to solve the maritime boundary dispute. |