PM pitches for Indo-Bangla connectivity
Thursday, 9 November 2017 (16:05 IST)
New Delhi, Nov 9 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Thursday jointly launched a new passenger train service between Kolkata and Bangladesh's southwestern industrial city of Khulna.
Both the leaders were joined by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from Kolkata.
The train has been named as 'Bandhan Express' and it will operate on the 177-km-long Khulna-Kolkata route and the distance will be traversed within four-and-half hours.