Bangladesh Allows Transhipment Of Indian Goods On Trial Basis

The government has allowed the transshipment of Indian goods from Bangladesh's northeastern Ashuganj to Akhaura on trial basis in line with an earlier bilateral agreement, Foreign Minister Dipu Moni today said.

"Three cargo ships - two Bangladeshi and one Indian - are now anchored at Ashuganj river port and the fourth ship is sailing towards Ashuganj from Kolkata port," she told mediapersons at here.

Moni said road, railway and water transit between Bangladesh and India were already there in the existing agreements signed in 1972 and 1980, and renewed over the years.

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