Dhaka, June 18 :     Putting aside Kargil and cricket, two major headline grabbers across the sub-continent for the past month, India and Bangladesh are all set to unveil tomorrow a direct bus service as part of their efforts to further improve bilateral relations. Notwithstanding the cruel question mark over Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee?s ?bus diplomacy?, which he passionately advocated a few months ago in regard with Pakistan only to realise the folly in Kargil, both India and Bangladesh began promoting the Calcutta-Dhaka inaugural bus ride vigorously in the past 48 hours, in an acknowledgement of emotions associated with it on either side of the border. The capital city of Dhaka ?? an all-time kaleidoscope of faces, colours, cars and cycle rickshaws ?? today witnessed hectic activity of government officials and securitymen as part of the drill for tomorrow evening?s function, where two buses from Calcutta, carrying dignitaries and the first batch of passengers, will be received by the two Prime Ministers, Vajpayee and Sheikh Hasina Wajed, and West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu. Arriving a day ahead of Vajpayee, Basu, regarded as a son-of-the-soil-now-away because of the family?s Bangladesh origins, drove down to the Dhaka Sheraton under forests of buntings and banners proclaiming Indo-Bangla friendship. Flags of the two nations adorned all major roads. ?This is an important moment in the lives of the two countries,? Basu told The Telegraph, ?the opening of road links will benefit our future generations. We may have to address the issue of rail links before long.? If one looks at the fine print, meeting tomorrow against the backdrop of the heady excitement of the inaugural bus ride, Vajpayee and Hasina are expected to touch upon a range of issues, the settlement of which will impart new dynamics to bilateral relations. From Bangladesh?s standpoint, two issues need to be addressed by Delhi as soon as possible. They are: expanding Bangladesh?s exports, especially in tune with the prescription of the Confederation of Indian Industries; and demarcation of certain tracts of land along the long border. According to observers, the Awami League government and Delhi have considerably neutralised their detractors by successful resolving the decades-old deadlock over the sharing of Ganga waters and the issue of the return of Chakma refugees. It is no gainsaying that the Hasina government will be in an even firm position while dealing with the Opposition ?- which often try to score points by raising questions over its cozy relations with Delhi ?- if the exports and border demarcation issues are settled to its satisfaction. ?The way things are, we cannot foresee any setback to our relations in the years to come,? a Bangladeshi foreign ministry official said. From Vajpayee?s standpoint, the first job will be to present India?s compliments to Hasina for refusing to respond a few days ago to Pakistan?s call for support for its Kargil misadventure. When Islamabad sought its backing, Dhaka made the refusal loud and clear, saying that the Kargil war did not offer room for third party intervention. Also on India?s agenda are the possibility of importing natural gas and using the Chittagong port as a transit point for Indian shipping.