India lends Bangladesh one billion dollars as ties warm

India lends Bangladesh one billion dollars as ties warm
India gave Bangladesh a billion-dollar soft loan Saturday, the biggest credit package New Delhi has ever earmarked for any nation, highlighting warming ties between the neighbours, officials said.
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Bangladesh signs 1-billion-dollar loan agreement with India
Dhaka – India has agreed to loan Bangladesh 1 billion dollars, the largest amount India has ever loaned another country, officials said Saturday. “This one-billion-dollar line of credit is the largest ever given by India to any country,” Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on arriving in Dhaka on Saturday for a four-hour official trip.
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