Prime Minister's Private Industry and Investment Adviser Salman F Rahman said on Monday that Bangladesh and India have made tremendous development on connectivity between the two countries, but it has not been publicised to the extent it should have been, reports BSS.
"If connectivity takes place, economic activity grows. It is not the question of competing with each other; it's about complementing each other. And it is more so in the case of India because of the historical relationship between the two countries," he said.
Salman F Rahman said this while addressing an online meeting with top Indian business executives in Bangladesh, hosted by the High Commission of India, said a press release.
Hosted by the outgoing Indian High Commissioner, Riva Ganguly Das, the event was attended by more than a dozen of top executives from Indian brands. Sirazul Islam, Executive Chairman of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA), also spoke at the online discussion as a special guest.
Indian business executives suggested opening up Narayanganj port for receiving goods from India's Paradip and Halda, which they said would save time and cost and reduce pressure on the Chittagong port.
The adviser praised the idea and promised to take up the issues with respective authorities. He also suggested India to improve its railway infrastructure so that train can be used to ferry goods between two countries.
On behalf of the Indian businessmen and business executives, Indian High Commissioner Riva Ganguly Das raised a number of issues, including non-tariff barriers in trade between the two countries, customs complications, CC limits on two-wheelers and three-wheelers being imported from India, and long-term business visa for Indian citizens, among others.
Sirajul Islam, BIDA's executive chairman, said his agency is working to ensure seamless experience for Indian investors and businessmen.
Salman F Rahman also urged the Indian businessmen to become Bangladesh's goodwill ambassadors and share their experience in Bangladesh with fellow businessmen and publicise the level of connectivity that the two countries offer.
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