India-Bangladesh relations.

India and Bangladesh hold Commerce Secretary Level Meeting in New Delhi
Significant progress made on multimodal connectivity between India and Bangladesh
Joint study on India-Bangladesh CEPA to be finalized soon​

The Commerce Secretary level meeting between India and Bangladesh was held in New Delhi on 4th March 2022. The Indian delegation was led by Commerce Secretary, Government of India, Shri B.V.R. Subrahmanyam and the Bangladesh delegation was led by Senior Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Government of Bangladesh, Mr. Tapan Kanti Ghosh.


Both sides held extensive discussions on a variety of issues of mutual interest, including development of railway infrastructure, port infrastructure, Joint Study on Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), Border Haats, Regional connectivity through Multi-Modal Transportation, Harmonization of Standards, Mutual Recognition Agreement.


Of the many issues discussed, progress on the following agenda items was appreciated by the delegation of both the countries: -


· Significant growth in the bilateral trade between the two countries in recent years -Bangladesh is the 6th largest trade partner of India.


· For facilitation of trade between India-Bangladesh through railways


a) For developing container handling facility at Sirajganj Bazar a Detailed Project Proposal (DPP) approved.


b) For running freight trains between India-Bangladesh, 900 metre new siding line constructed at Benapole.


c) For allowing import of all commodities from India by rail via Darsana, the construction of loading and unloading platform completed at Darshana.


d) For development of Rail and Road based ICD at Ishwardi, the DPP approved.


· Consensus over the use of returning empty railway wagons/containers by Bangladesh - this would reduce overall logistics cost of India's exports to Bangladesh.


· Border Haats – the ones closed due to covid restriction would be opened soon


· 24x7 operationalization of Petrapole-Benapole Integrated Check Post (ICP) to be implemented soon


· Substantive progress made on ICP /Land Customs Stations


· Regional connectivity through multi-modal transport to be strengthened between the two countries.


· CEPA study to be finalized at the earliest


· CEO forum to have the first meeting soon

The meeting was preceded by the 14th meeting of the Joint Working Group (JWG) on Trade, at the level of Joint/Additional Secretaries of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt of India and Ministry of Commerce, Govt of Bangladesh on 2-3 March 2022 in New Delhi. Comprehensive discussions were held on various areas of mutual interest.

It was agreed that the next meetings of the JWG and Commerce Secretaries will be held in Bangladesh, at mutually convenient dates.
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India and Bangladesh hold Commerce Secretary Level Meeting in New Delhi

The Commerce Secretary level meeting between India and Bangladesh was held in New Delhi on 4th
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India to supply locomotives, technology to Bangladesh railways​

India is ready to supply locomotives and passenger carriages and transfer technology for railway signalling systems to Bangladesh as part of ongoing cooperation between the two sides to improve connectivity.

The matter figured when Bangladesh high commissioner Muhammad Imran met railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday and discussed various issues related to the railways sector, including development of infrastructure and improvement of capacity of Bangladesh Railways.

Imran also briefed the minister about the upgrade of the Dhaka-Chattogram railway link, especially the Akhaura-Laksam section, and sought India’s support in this regard, according to a statement from the Bangladesh high commission.

The Indian side expressed its readiness to “supply locomotives, diesel electric multiple unit (DEMU) train, mainline electric multiple unit (MEMU) train as well as passenger carriages and transfer of technology for railway signalling system to Bangladesh”, the statement said.

The Bangladeshi envoy also power minister Raj Kumar Singh and discussed various aspects of bilateral cooperation in the power and new and renewable energy sector.

Imran sought the Indian minister’s support for trilateral cooperation in the hydropower energy among Bangladesh, Bhutan and India. They also discussed the commissioning of the Maitree super thermal power project at Rampal and trans-national power connectivity.

The Maitree project is a 1,320-MW coal-fired power station being built at Rampal by the Bangladesh India Friendship Power Company (BIFPCL), a 50-50 joint venture between India’s state-run National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB). The construction of the plant began in 2017 and it is set to be commissioning this year. It will be one of the largest coal-fired power plants in Bangladesh.

In August last year, India and Bangladesh resumed the operation of freight trains on the restored Haldibari-Chilahati route, giving a boost to rail connectivity between the two sides. The route was snapped during the war between India and Pakistan in 1965, when Bangladesh was East Pakistan.

India and Bangladesh are currently working to restore seven rail links that were operational till 1965, and five have already been made operational. India provided 10 diesel locomotives to Bangladesh as grant assistance in 2020.
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India to supply locomotives, technology to Bangladesh railways

The matter figured when Bangladesh high commissioner Muhammad Imran met railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday and discussed various issues related to the railways sector, including development of infrastructure and improvement of capacity of Bangladesh Railways.
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India, Bangladesh to conduct study on economic partnership pact​

India and Bangladesh have agreed to conduct a joint study on Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) at a commerce secretary level talk on Friday, according to an official statement.

The two countries have been making endeavours to deepen trade ties after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bangladesh visit in March last year, and they are eager to negotiate a CEPA for mutual benefit, one official said, requesting anonymity. Modi had paid a state visit to Bangladesh in March 2021 and agreed to enhance bilateral trade.

On Friday, the two sides also discussed other issues of mutual interest, including development of railway and port infrastructure, border haats (markets), regional connectivity through multimodal transportation and harmonization of standards, the commerce ministry statement said on Saturday.

The Indian delegation led by commerce secretary B.V.R. Subrahmanyam and the Bangladesh delegation under senior secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh appreciated stronger bilateral ties between the two countries. They noted significant growth in the bilateral trade between the two countries in recent years, the statement said.

Bangladesh is India’s biggest trade partner in South Asia, according to the foreign ministry. “Bilateral trade between India and Bangladesh has grown steadily over the last decade and the exports of Bangladesh have tripled over the last decade to cross $1 billion in 2018-19,” a note prepared by the ministry said. “In the FY 2019-20, India’s exports to Bangladesh were $8.2 billion and imports were $1.26 billion.”

To facilitate trade between India and Bangladesh through railways, the two partners on Friday agreed to develop a container handling facility at Sirajganj Bazar, the commerce ministry statement said. For running freight trains between India and Bangladesh, a 900m new siding line is being constructed at Benapole, it added.

The two nations have approved a detailed project proposal (DPP) for development of rail and road based inland container depot at Ishwardi and plan to open border markets that were closed due to Covid restrictions, it said.

To boost trade, the two partners have agreed to launch the first meeting of the CEO forum soon, it said.

Bangladesh, which has a key place in India’s Neighbourhood First policy, had invited Modi last year for celebrations marking three key events – the birth centenary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, 50 years of diplomatic ties, and 50 years of Bangladesh’s war of liberation.
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India, Bangladesh to conduct study on economic partnership pact

The two countries have been making endeavours to deepen trade ties after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bangladesh visit in March last year.
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You save them from their fellow religion brothers killing them because they considered them to be of lower strata in their own religion, feed them and tolerate them. And yet they will kill , rape and plunder you every chance they get.

It's just the religion.
Expecting anything else from the belief originating from the particular landscape beyond Persia , is signing your own death warrant.

And I am not sorry for that if it happens. For the rest , stop fighting among one self and stand up.
 
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India-Bangladesh railway connectivity to enhance! NJP-Dhaka Mitali Express to run from this date​

India – Bangladesh Train Services: Indian Railways passengers can now conveniently travel to Bangladesh as the Mitali Express Train Service is all set to be launched on 01 June 2022. The Mitali Express train service will run between New Jalpaiguri and Dhaka after a virtual launch by the Railway Ministers of India and Bangladesh. The Minister of State for Railways, Darshana Jardosh said from 1 June 2022, the Mitali Express train service will run between New Jalpaiguri and Dhaka, thereby, enhancing connectivity between the two countries- India and Bangladesh. Recently, the minister visited the Immigration Facilitation Centre at New Jalpaiguri railway station and reviewed the preparations for the operation of the Mitali Express.


According to a press release issued by the High Commission of India in Dhaka, the cross-border train services between India and Bangladesh will also be resumed shortly. In the statement, the High Commission of India in Dhaka said the Maitri Express train service between the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka and the capital of West Bengal, Kolkata as well as the Bandhan Express train service between Kolkata and Khulna would be resumed on 29 May 2022. The Maitri Express train service will start its operation from Dhaka while the Bandhan Express train service will start its operation from Kolkata, the statement further added.



According to the Ministry of Railways, the passenger train service, New Jalpaiguri – Dhaka – New Jalpaiguri Mitali Express, was jointly announced by the Prime Minister of India and the Prime Minister of Bangladesh during PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Dhaka in Bangladesh on 27 March 2021. However, the New Jalpaiguri – Dhaka – New Jalpaiguri Mitali Express train service could not be started due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Haldibari – Chilahati rail link was also reopened on 17 December 2020 by both the PMs of India and Bangladesh for the movement of passenger and goods traffic.
 

India looks at resuming Bangladesh bus, rail link ‘after Eid’​

India is looking at resuming cross-border bus and railway services with Bangladesh “shortly after Eid”, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday.

Jaishankar said this while making a press statement in Dhaka, where he met Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Foreign minister A K Abdul Momen.

Bangladesh PM’s spokesperson Ihsanul Karim Hasina told PTI in Dhaka that Hasina underlined the importance of connectivity between the two neighbours and offered her country’s main seaport — Chittagong Port — to India’s landlocked northeastern states such as Assam and Tripura.

She told Jaishankar that the enhanced connectivity was needed for mutual benefit, while it would particularly benefit India’s northeastern region in using Chittagong port, Karim said. “If the connectivity is increased…states like Assam and Tripura can have access to the seaport in Chattogram,” she said.

She said that initiatives were taken to resume cross-border routes between Bangladesh and India which were stopped during the 1965 India-Pakistan war, when Bangladesh was the eastern wing of Pakistan.

Karim said several bilateral and international issues were discussed during Prime Minister Hasina’s more than half-an-hour-long meeting with Jaishankar.

Jaishankar handed over an invitation to Hasina on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s behalf to visit New Delhi. “Thank Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her warm reception. Conveyed personal greetings of PM @narendramodi. Our bilateral relations are moving from strength to strength under the guidance of the two leaders,” he tweeted.

Jaishankar later held “positive discussions” with his Bangladeshi counterpart AK Abdul Momen. “Agreed that our close neighbourly partnership is progressing steadily. Our shared endeavour would be to take it forward. Looking forward to hosting him for the Joint Consultative Commission,” he tweeted.

Jaishankar said he expects early commissioning of new projects with Bangladesh in different sectors, including power, energy and connectivity.

Defence cooperation, water-sharing of Kushiara and Feni rivers, the Covid-19 situation and impacts of the Russia-Ukraine war on the global economy came up prominently in the discussion between Jaishankar and Hasina, Karim was quoted as saying by Bangladesh media.

Momen also hosted an iftar party followed by a dinner in Jaishankar’s honour at the Foreign Service Academy. Jaishankar would leave Dhaka for Bhutan on Friday morning.

Jaishankar said India also looks forward to stronger sub-regional cooperation and connectivity in the energy sector, particularly the hydropower domain that could offer opportunities for mutually beneficial cooperation between the countries in the region.

“India is a large producer and consumer of energy and we are very glad to work with our neighbours in that regard including in the BBIN (Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal) framework,” he said.

Jaishankar said India would continue to take the lead to structure progressive partnerships of production, transmission and trade in this region.
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India looks at resuming Bangladesh bus, rail link ‘after Eid’

Jaishankar said this while making a press statement in Dhaka, where he met Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Foreign minister A K Abdul Momen.
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India to import goods from Bangladesh by rail
The latest development will allow the current infrastructure – being used solely for imports from India – to be utilised for exports by Bangladesh too

India to import goods from Bangladesh by rail


The Indian government has decided to allow imports of goods from Bangladesh by rail in sealed containers with a view to boosting bilateral trade.

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) of India has set out rules in this regard, reports Indian newspaper LiveMint.
At present, India uses its rail to only export goods to Bangladesh. Containers coming to Bangladesh from India return empty after completing delivery.

The Bangladesh High Commissioner in New Delhi earlier pointed out to the Indian authorities that containers travelling from India to Bangladesh by rail are returning empty after delivering goods. Companies in Bangladesh also expressed interest in using such empty containers to export their products to India.

The latest development will allow the current infrastructure – which is being used solely for imports from India – to be utilised for exports from Bangladesh.

Bangladeshi exporters have hailed this decision by India, saying this would reduce their business cost, transport hassles, and also will save time.
Use of returning empty containers for import of goods into India will apply to units of the Container Corporation of India carried on trains operated by Indian Railways.

The movement of the train will be monitored through the government's electronic tracking system.

The Container Corporation of India has to ensure that the import consignments go directly to the customs depots, according to the framework set by the CBIC.

Speaking on this, Classic Group Director (operations) Tahsin Azim Shezan told The Business Standard that his company had been exporting apparel items to India for the past five years, and the volume of exports increased gradually and stood at $6 million last year.

"We are facing a lot of challenges in sending goods by trucks through Benapole land port as it requires some additional documents like the South Asian Free Trade Area (Safta) document, while those are not needed if anyone ships goods through seaports," he said.

He also mentioned that such additional documents also increase their business cost.

Shezan expressed hope that if the exports are made through rail cargos, shipments will be easier and they would require fewer middlemen.

According to Export Promotion Bureau data, Bangladesh's exports to India registered a 59% growth year-on-year in the July-April period of the current fiscal year to over $1.70 billion, with apparel sector accounting for $591.41 million – up from $ 368.16 million during the corresponding period a year ago.
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India to import goods from Bangladesh by rail

The latest development will allow the current infrastructure – being used solely for imports from India – to be utilised for exports by Bangladesh too
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