Key takeaways from Hasina-Modi press briefing

• India announces new line of credit worth US$4.5 billion for implementation of projects in priority sectors in Bangladesh • India extends another $500 million for Bangladesh defence procurement as part of an agreement on armed forces cooperation • The two premieres discuss water resource management, and Modi reasserts that the Teesta water sharing agreement can be reached only between his and Sheikh Hasina's governments • Bangladesh to import 60MW of power in addition to the existing 600MW from India, with plans to import a further 500MW power under energy partnership • India will finance the diesel oil pipeline from Numaligarh, Assam to Parbatipur, Bangladesh • Sheikh Hasina and Narendra Modi inaugurate a bus route between Khulna and Kolkata and a freight train route between Radhikapur and Biral • India eager to implement BBIN (Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal) Motor Vehicles Agreement to further regional cooperation and transportation • India-Bangladesh will jointly produce a biopic on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by 2020 • Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterate their commitment to establish peace on the borders and pledge zero tolerance against terrorism and violent extremism • Anti-dumping duty on jute exports from India under review • Cross-border electricity involving Nepal and Bhutan in the works