Hasina wants speedy implementation of Delhi meeting decisions

Dhaka, Mar 4 (PTI) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina has asked top bureaucrats to expedite implementation of
the decisions reached at the meeting with her Indian
counterpart Manmohan Singh during her visit to Delhi in
January this year.
The New Age newspaper quoting officials at the Prime
Minister's Office said the directive came at a meeting of the
secretaries of the relevant ministries in which the top
bureaucrats were also asked to prepare progress reports on
implementation status.
Improving road connectivity with India, allowing water
transit through Ashuganj port, power trade, providing loans
pledged by New Delhi and duty-free access of Bangladeshi
commodities to Indian market were the key areas covered by the
joint communique issued by Hasina and Singh.
The Prime Minister's economic affairs adviser Mashiur
Rahman chaired the meeting during which he conveyed to them
Hasina's directives, asking the bureaucrats to undertake
maximum efforts to implement the decisions and sit with each
other to work out ways to remove hurdles.
Official familiar with the meeting said a tripartite or
four-party meeting involving Bangladesh, India, Nepal and
Bhutan was likely to be organised to make arrangement for
direct transport services. (MORE) PTI