Nepal – Bangladesh signed four MoUs including tourism cooperation
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Nepal and Bangladesh signed four memorandums of understanding to strengthen bilateral cooperation between the two countries.
Delegates from Nepal and Bangladesh signed four bilateral instruments namely Memorandum of Understanding on Tourism cooperation, Memorandum of Understanding on sanitary and phyto sanitary co-operation, cultural exchange program, and Letter of Exchange to designate Rohanpur-Singabad railway route as an additional transit route in the presence of Presidents of Nepal and Bangladesh at Bangabhaban .
The deals were signed after a meeting between President Abdul Hamid and his Nepalese counterpart Bidya Devi Bhandari at Bangabhaban on March 22 in Dhaka.
One of the four MoUs covers setting up of a rail link through the Rohanpur-Singhabad route for the transfer of goods between Bangladesh and Nepal through the Indian territory. At present, the two countries use the Biral-Radhikapur rail link for the transfer of goods through the Indian territory.
Nepal’s President Bidya Devi Bhandari reached Dhaka Monday morning ( 22 March) on a two-day state-visit to attend the celebrations of the golden jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence and the birth centenary of the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Nepalese President emphasised elimination of trade barriers, development of infrastructure and easy market access to boost the trade relationship in her statement made at the National Parade Ground in Dhaka.
She also emphasised the need to strengthen trilateral cooperation, among Nepal, Bangladesh and India, in the energy sector.
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina called on the Nepalese president at InterContinental Dhaka hotel.
Hasina emphasised signing of a preferential trade agreement for mutual cooperation in the fields of trade and commerce.
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina also advocated strengthening connectivity among the BBIN -Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal – member states as it will boost trade and commerce in the region, according to local newspapers.
Earlier, President Abdul Hamid received his Nepalese counterpart at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
23 March 2021
Photo – (From left) Nepal’s President Bidya Devi Bhandari, Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina attend a programme marking 50 years of independence and the birth centenary of Bangladesh’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
