B'desh minister, Tripura CM discuss trade, connectivity
Agartala, Sep 16 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Monday discussed cross border trade, improvement of connectivity and curbing of drug smuggling and illegal trade between the northeastern state and Bangladesh with Bangladeshi Information Minister Hasan Mahmud.
He said that the Chief Minister was keen to set up more “Border Haats” (markets) to boost livelihood of the people living in border villages, export tea to Bangladesh and to use Chittagong and Mongla sea ports to carry goods and machinery from other parts of the country to Tripura via Bangladesh.
He said that after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office, India-Bangladesh relations had further developed.
“For each other’s prosperity, India and Bangladesh are coming closer day by day and in the coming days it would reach a climax.”
Mahmud, who was accompanied by parliamentarians, senior officials, and artists arrived here on Sunday on a three-day visit.
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