Wednesday, March 22 2006 09:58 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: India and Bangladesh yesterday (Mar 21,2006) night signed two agreements relating to revised bilateral trade and combating cross-border smuggling of narcotics.

The agreements were signed after two-hour talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Bangladesh counterpart Khaleda Zia followed by delegation-level meetings between the two sides.

The agreement for mutual cooperation for preventing illicit trafficking in narcotics and psycotropic substances and related matters was signed by Commerce Minister Kamal Nath and Bangladesh Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan.

The revised trade accord was inked by Nath and Bangladesh Finance Minister Saifur Rahman.