Tripura Chief Minister Sends 100 Boxes Of Pineapples To Bangladesh PM
NDTV
Dipak Baidya, the assistant director of horticulture department, handed over the pineapple boxes, weighing 750 kg in all, to Bangladesh officials at Akhaura checkpost.
In a goodwill gesture, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Thursday sent 100 boxes of pineapples to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Dipak Baidya, the assistant director of horticulture department, handed over the pineapple boxes, weighing 750 kg in all, to Bangladesh officials at Akhaura checkpost.
Earlier, Sheikh Hasina had sent 600-kg mangoes for the Tripura chief minister.
“Everyone knows that India and Bangladesh share cordial ties. Tripura had played a key role in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. The CM, in a goodwill gesture, sent 100 boxes of freshly harvested pineapples to Bangladesh prime minister,” Dipak Badiya told reporters.
