Chahar was en route from New Zealand to Dhaka for the three-match ODI series between India and Bangladesh. The pacer travelled to Bangladesh to join the Indian team for the three-match ODI series, which begins on Sunday.
Minister of State for External Affairs and Education, Rajkumar Ranjan Singh reaffirmed India's commitment to the strengthening Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) to promote peace, security and prosperity in IOR as well as in the wider Indo-Pacific at the 22nd Indian Ocean Rim Association
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka will host the first two games of the series on December 4 and 7 respectively before the action moves to Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram for the final match.
Chand will become the first Indian to feature in the Bangladesh Premier League. The franchise was desperate to have an Indian player to draw into the fan base in the nation, therefore Chand, now 29 years old, was selected at the draught in Dhaka on Wednesday.
Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan hailed the ties between New Delhi and Dhaka and said that the unprecedented support during the 1971 Liberation War was the root of the bonhomie between the two countries.
Prime Minister and President of the Nepali Congress Sher Bahadur Deuba on Wednesday was elected for the consecutive 7th time from the home district of Dhankuta.
Newly appointed Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Kumar Verma, on Monday, paid a courtesy call to Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen who reaffirmed that Dhaka considers India as the closest and the most important neighbour.