Overview

• Dhaka has dispatched a 1,000 kilogram consignment of premium Haribhanga mangoes set to arrive in New Delhi on Monday.
• The gift is addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi following his first meeting with interim government head Muhammad Yunus in April at the BIMSTEC summit.
• Haribhanga mangoes form part of a longstanding diplomatic tradition intended to foster goodwill between the neighbours.
• Yunus’s caretaker government had initially courted China and Pakistan, prompting New Delhi to express concerns over shifting regional alignments.
• Additional consignments have been sent to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha.