Dhaka: Leading Indian newspapers in their editorials described Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Dhaka visit ‘productive’ and successful’ saying Bangladesh stands to gain from India’s rise.

‘At this point, Modi has been successful in persuading the Dhaka establishment that Bangladesh stands to gain from India’s rise,’ the Times of India wrote in its editorial on Monday.

If Bangladesh can become India’s land bridge to Southeast Asia, moribund economies of India’s eastern and northeastern states can be revitalized, reads the editorial titled ‘Opening doors: Modi’s successful Dhaka trip raises hopes of subcontinent’s Berlin Walls coming down.’

While India has been embroiled in a difficult relationship on its western border with Pakistan, there are multiple opportunities in the east waiting to be utilized, it observed.

The Indian Express in its editorial titled ‘Taking the Leap’ said Prime Minister Modi’s Bangladesh visit affirms a more purposeful and problem-solving neighbourhood policy.

The challenge, however, will lie in the hard work needed to implement the initiatives taken during the visit, it observed.

The editorial also described the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) as an enormous achievement that has been sealed during Modi’s visit.

Of course, that India has had a determined partner in the Sheikh Hasina regime has made it possible, it added.

‘Slow pace of implementation has undermined the gains of many a hard-won political battle in the past. A couple of major issues are still to be settled. The Teesta waters treaty negotiated in 2011 remains in a limbo,’ said the editorial.

Modi and Hasina will also need to find a sensible solution to labour mobility across the border, it said. ‘All attempts must be made by both countries to ensure that this political breakthrough is extended and built upon.’

The Hindu in its editorial - Mody’s day in Dhaka - wrote that the UPA managers convinced the international community that rattling India over Bangladesh is not a wise thing to do.

‘Now, in the next phase, India needs to implement the agreements, before another season of election sets in,’ it wrote.

The Hindustan Times in an editorial titled ‘Teesta pact an irritant in PM's otherwise productive Dhaka visit’ wrote, ‘As far as Modi’s neighbourhood outreach goes, this visit has been one of the most productive so far.’

Bangladesh has been tough on any anti-Indian activity being conducted on its soil, and Modi clearly hopes to build on that, the editorial mentioned.