Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sent a gift of 600 kg of mangoes to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee., officials said on Monday.
“Mangoes comprising the ‘Himsagar’ and ‘Langra’ variants have been sent to Banerjee, as part of diplomatic efforts. Last year, too, we had sent mangoes,” an official in the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission said.
Sheikh Hasina has extended her gesture of sending mangoes as gifts to all the Chief Ministers of the northeast region.
In the previous year, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh sent mangoes as gifts to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as well as the Chief Ministers of West Bengal, Tripura, and Assam.