Bangladesh notifies 4 transit routes for Tripura, other NE states

AGARTALA: Bangladesh has declared four transhipment routes for Indian traders in Tripura and other NE states, officials said.

The four protocol routes are Chittagong Port-Akhaura-Agartala, Mongla Port-Akhaura-Agartala, Chittagong-Bibirbazar-Srimantapur and Mongla Port-Bibirbazar-Srimantapur, they said.

“India and Bangladesh have signed an agreement, allowing Indian traders to use Chittagong and Mongla ports in Bangladesh for transportation of goods. The Bangladesh government has notified the four routes for transhipment of goods by Tripura and other northeastern states,” the state’s industries and commerce minister Santana Chakma said at a presser.


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