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Narendra Modi cancels Bangladesh visit after protest in Dhaka

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NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi cancelled a visit to Bangladesh next week to attend a celebration of the country’s first president, after Dhaka detected its first cases of coronavirus and huge protect in Dhaka against the Narendra Modi.

The event marking the centenary of the birth of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was scheduled to take place on March 17.

There was a huge protest of the Bangladeshi people against Indian Prime Minister in Dhaka on last Sunday.

Reuters said that Bangladesh confirmed its first three cases of coronavirus and urged citizens returning from six countries — China, Italy, South Korea, Singapore, Iran and Thailand — to quarantine themselves in their homes for 14 days.

The number of people infected with the coronavirus has topped 110,000 globally as the outbreak reached more countries.

Prime Minister’s (Modi) visit to Bangladesh next week at the invitation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is being deferred,” Indian foreign ministry spokesman Ravish Kumar said. Agencies

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