Sheikh Hasina congratulates Modi on successful lunar landing

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sent a message to her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi congratulating him and the people of India on the successful lunar landing of Chandrayaan-3. 

"She conveyed her felicitations to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and its scientists for making India the fourth nation globally to land a spacecraft on the moon's surface," said a press release issued by Indian high commission on Thursday.

In her message to Narendra Modi on Wednesday, Sheikh Hasina also conveyed that Bangladesh rejoices with India on this momentous occasion and on this historic achievement, which is a matter of immense pride and inspiration to all the South Asian countries in advancing the science and space technology sector.

India made history as its Moon mission becomes the first to land in the lunar South Pole region on Wednesday.

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