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Two Trains services, Maitri and Bandhan, run between Kolkata and Dhaka.

The new Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala bus service via Dhaka was started in 2016.

Trains are planned to run from Kolkata to Agartala via Dhaka, a project to be completed in 2019. on the Completion of the Akhaura-Agartala section the railway distance between Tripura and Kolkata would be reduced by over 1,000 km

The two sides agreed to examine the request of Bangladesh to establish a new rail link between Panchagarh (Bangladesh) to Siliguri (India).