Sheikh Hasina gifts 2,600kg mangoes to PM Modi, Mamata Banerjee
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Sheikh Hasina gifts 2,600kg mangoes to PM Modi, Mamata Banerjee

Sheikh Hasina gifts 2,600kg mangoes to PM Modi, Mamata Banerjee
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina & Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.


Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday sent 2,600kg of mangoes as a gift for her counterpart Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Indian President Ram Nath Kovind and other political leaders will also receive the mangoes.

The mangoes were sent through Jashore's Benapole land port.

The shipment arrived at the Benapole-Petrapole check post in the afternoon.

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After the completion of customs and port formalities, the Bangladeshi trucks carrying 260 cartons of mangoes crossed the border.

Sheikh Hasina gifts 2,600kg mangoes to PM Modi, Mamata Banerjee

First Secretary (Political) of the Deputy High Commission of Bangladesh in Kolkata Md Samiul Quader received the consignment.

Prime Minister Hasina will also send mangoes to Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Maldives.

Mango diplomacy has always been a tradition in South Asia.

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Bangladesh has already sent the fruit to Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Prime Minister Lotay Tshering.

The Bhutanese prime minister, a graduate of Mymensingh Medical College, had tasted Bangladeshi mangoes during his stay in Bangladesh.

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