PM offers India to use Chattogram, Sylhet ports

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said India can use Bangladesh's sea and airports in Chattogram and Sylhet if they want.

The prime minister said this while Ram Madhav, member of the Governing Council of India Foundation, called on her at her official residence Gono Bhaban in Dhaka.

PM's deputy press secretary KM Shakhawat Moon briefed reporters after the call on.

Hasina said that her government puts emphasis on connectivity in the region which will lead to a better people-to-people contact.

She told Ram Madhav to convey her greetings to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Ram Madhav highly appreciated the socioeconomic advancement of Bangladesh under the unparalleled leadership of PM Hasina.

He said that Bangladesh and India have excellent friendships as neighbours and hoped that this relation will continue in the coming days.

Ambassador at large M Ziauddin, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam and Principal Secretary M Tofazzel Hossain Miah were present during the event.