Terming security cooperation with India “on an upswing”, Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud has said Bangladesh will go for defence equipment purchase from India.

Bangladesh and India yesterday agreed to work closely together to further strengthen cooperation in the areas of common rivers and water resources management and pledged to expand collaboration in cyber security, IT and food security.

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who is coming to Dhaka on a one-day visit to Bangladesh on Thursday, may carry good news and give a surprise, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said today.