The foreign minister inaugurated the NADI-2 Dialogue with the theme “Celebrating Common Riverine Heritage of the Bay of Bengal: Perspectives from Bangladesh and India” in Dhaka on Sunday. The ‘Asian Confluence’ and ‘Friends of Bangladesh’ in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh organised the dialogue. The foreign minister said the signing of the coastal shipping deal with India has opened up new avenues of connectivity and trade facilitation. "We are also looking at plying of passenger and cruise vessels in these protocol routes," he said. An MoU for movement of passenger and cruise vessels in coastal shipping routes and inland water protocol routes was signed on April 8 this year.

Source: bd News24 October 08, 2017 19:52 UTC