Wants to boost trade with BD

Nepal has expressed its willingness to enhance bilateral trade with Bangladesh.
Executive Director of the Trade and Export Promotion Centre of Nepal Iswar Prasad Ghirmi said this while called on DCCI President Mohammad Shahjahan Khan in the city Saturday, said a press release.
The Nepalese official sought cooperation from Bangladesh side to promote Nepali businessmen to explore new market access in Bangladesh.
He said that Bangladesh can import food items, fruits, handicrafts, electricity from Nepal.
He also stressed the need for Government to Government (G2G) collaboration to reduce trade barriers between these two SAARC countries.
In reply, the DCCI president thanked Iswar Prasad for his visit to Bangladesh as well as DCCI.
He said that to enhance bilateral trade connectivity is more important.
He also stressed the need for exchanging bilateral business delegations in both ways.
He further underscored the importance of infrastructure development of Bangladesh land ports to boost trade through these channels.
He told the official that DCCI has two separate memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with Nepal Chamber and Lolitpur Chamber.
"But the cooperation agreements should be implemented properly for the sake of trade and commerce", he said.  
Among others, DCCI Senior Vice President Osama Taseer and Vice President Kh Shahidul Islam were present during the meeting.