Hasina, Modi, Mamata meet on Friday

Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will meet at Shantiniketan in West Bengal of India on Friday.
They will meet at Visva Bharati University at Santiniketan on the occasion of inaugurating Bangladesh Bhaban.
There is no official confirmation that whether they would hold talks on Teesta river water sharing, though there are speculations.
As per her tentative programme, Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to leave Dhaka for Kolkata at 8:00am on May 25.
After she her arrival at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Hasina and Modi will leave Kolkata for Bolpur subdivision in Birbhum by a helicopter to join the convocation of Visva Bharati University at 9:00am.
Visva Bharati vice-chancellor Sabuj Koli Sen will receive Sheikh Hasina and Narendra Modi, said an official.
Hasina and Modi will inaugurate the Bangladesh Bhaban.
Earlier, cultural affairs minister Asaduzzaman Noor said Bangladesh Bhaban will be a symbol of Bangladesh-India friendship.
He said it will turn into a centre point of practicing literature, art and culture of Bangladesh and India and for relevant research.
Hasina and Modi will hold a meeting at the Bangladesh Bhaban, according to her draft tour itinerary.
After attending the programme, Modi will depart for New Delhi while Hasina will return to Kolkata by a helicopter.
She will visit Jorashanko Thakur Bari in Kolkata, Rabindranath Tagore’s ancestral home, which has been turned into a museum dedicated to the life and works of the poet from 4:45pm to 5:30pm.
On May 26, prime minister Hasina will leave Kolkata for Asansole to receive an honorary DLitt degree to be conferred upon her by Kazi Nazrul University at its third convocation.
Hasina will also visit Netaji Museum.
She will leave Kolkata for Dhaka on Saturday evening. Bangladesh high commissioner in New Delhi Syed Moazzem Ali will see her off. 

News Courtesy: www.newagebd.net