Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for New Delhi on Friday to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as the prime minister of India for a third consecutive term.
鈥楾he Prime Minister will leave Dhaka for New Delhi at 4pm tomorrow and will return home at noon on June 9 after attending swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi,鈥� PM鈥檚 speech writer M Nazrul Islam said.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Indian PM Narendra Modi invited his Bangladeshi counterpart to attend the swearing-in ceremony of his government during a conversation over telephone.
Sheikh Hasina accepted the invitation.
Modi is likely to take oath on June 8 as the BJP-led NDA scraped past the majority mark to win 293 seats in the 18th Lok Sabha elections while the opposition INDIA bloc, secured 234 seats.