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New Delhi: Bangladeshis visa free issue - The Union home ministry has shot down the ministry of External Affairs proposals to ease restrictions on the arrival and movement of Bangladeshi nationals in the country.

Dhaka: Sushma Swaraj visit Bangladesh - On Thursday, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj held talks with her Bangladeshi counterpart Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on key bilateral issues, including Land Boundary Agreement and proposed Teesta river water sharing deal. Sushma Swaraj is scheduled to meet Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abdul Hassan Mahmood Ali first and will later meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Mumbai: Prakash Javadekar, Union minister for environment and information & broadcasting told, the new government believed in coexistence of environment and development, and not in 'environment versus development'. Prakash Javadekar told, the proposals for a coastal road and a bridge across Mithi river in the city will be taken up on a priority by his ministry.