Dhaka assures Kathmandu of railway transit
The assurance comes from Bangladesh PM after Nepal premier calls her
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday assured her Nepalese counterpart KP Sharma Oli of providing rail transit to his country.
The Nepalese premier expressed gratitude to Hasina in this regard.
"Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli phoned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina around 5:00pm and asked for 50,000 tonnes of fertiliser from Bangladesh," PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim said.
The Bangladesh PM agreed to provide the fertiliser to Nepal, he added.
During the 20-minute telephonic conversation, the two leaders put emphasis on further boosting bilateral relations and cooperation in different sectors, the press secretary said.
They hoped that the preferential trade agreement (PTA) between the two counties would be signed to boost trade and commerce.
Hasina congratulated Sharma Oli for successfully combating the novel coronavirus in his country, Ihsanul said.