Bangladesh and Sri Lanka Agree to Enhance Trade Relations

28 May 2016

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena agreed to further enhance bilateral trade relations at a meeting held on the sidelines of the G7 Outreach Summit in Nagoya, Japan.

They agreed to maintain price stability for import/export garments to and from each other's countries, and discussed possible implementation of a more favorable system of trading pharmaceutical products under concessionary prices and boosting cooperation in investments. They also highlighted the increasing flight frequencies between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

President Sirisena accepted an invitation extended by Prime Minister Hasina to visit Bangladesh in December this year.

 


Related Link:

The sixth and final unit of the Punatsangchhu-II Hydropower Project was successfully synchronized with Bhutan’s national grid on...

Read More


Mr. Vikram Misri, Foreign Secretary of the Government of India, visited Nepal on 17-18 August 2025 to strengthen...

Read More


The Government of India approved the purchase of an additional 200 MW of electricity from Nepal, effective 11...

Read More


The India-Bhutan energy partnership reached a major milestone with the operationalization of the fifth unit of the 1,020...

Read More


The Government of Bangladesh has launched a fully automated trade clearance system, making the submission and issuance of...

Read More


Assam and Bhutan have pledged to strengthen their bilateral tourism ties by collaborating on smoother and more accessible...

Read More


The new Gelephu Integrated Check Post (ICP) in Bhutan, which will play a key role in the Gelephu...

Read More