He also stressed stronger regional cooperation on connectivity, energy cooperation, and counter-terrorism, among other issues. Md Shahriar Alam was referring to the July 1 terrorist attack in a Dhaka café while speaking at the seventh ‘BIMSTEC Business Forum’ on Thursday in New Delhi. The state minister stressed the early start of the BIMSTEC free trade agreement (FTA) to boost intra-regional trade and investment. Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan, and Nepal are the members of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation or BIMSTEC. The BIMSTEC Secretariat and the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) organised the Business Forum.

Source: bd News24 July 21, 2016 19:07 UTC