A joint military training exercise called SAMPRITI 2016 between the armed forces of India and Bangladesh will start from November 5 in Tangail. The 13-day joint exercise will continue till November 18, according to a press release issued by the Inter Service Public Relations yesterday. Exercise SAMPRITI is an important bilateral defence cooperation endeavour betw-een India and Bangladesh and will be the sixth edition of the exercise which is hosted alternately by the two countries. The joint exercise SAMPRITI 2016 will simulate a scenario where both nations are working together in a counter insurgency and counter terrorism environment under the UN Charter, said the press release.