By AKM Moinuddin
Dhaka, Jul 14 (UNB) - A two-day commerce secretary-level talks between Bangladesh and Nepal began in Dhaka on Wednesday in a bid to finalize bilateral issues including trade expansion, transport connectivity and removal of trade barriers.
Commerce Secretary Mohammad Ghulam Husain is leading the 15-member Bangladesh team while his Nepali counterpart Purushottam Ojha is heading the six-member team. The talks were held at the conference room of commerce ministry.
Representatives from foreign, industries, shipping, communication, power ministries, Board of Investment, National Board of Revenue, Export Promotion Bureau, Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority and Bangladesh Tariff Commission were included in the Bangladesh team.
Commerce Ministry sources said apart from transit connectivity and transport issues, key points of the talks are duty-free market facilities, tariff preference, full-fledged operation of Kakarbhitta-Panitanki-Phulbari-Banglabandh corridor and allowing Nepalese trucks into Banglabandh land port.
Railway connectivity, Dhaka-Kathmandu bus service and transport of perishable goods through air cargo service also came under discussion.
The last secretary-level meeting between Nepal and Bangladesh was held in October 2007 in Nepal’s capital Katmandu.
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