Modi, Hasina jointly inaugurate pipeline and rail projects

New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday jointly inaugurated the construction works of a cross-border oil pipeline and two rail projects, with the former describing the two countries as members of the same family. Hasina and Modi joined the event in the evening via video-conferencing from Dhaka and New Delhi respectively. The 130-km India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline connecting Siliguri in India with Parbatipur in Bangladesh will transport petroleum products from Numaligarh Refinery in Assam. (IANS)