January 2026
Mr. Mohammad Abdur Rouf, Bridges Division secretary and Bangladesh Bridge Authority executive director visited Tangail and Sirajganj districts to inspect construction progress on the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Road Connection Project-2, which is upgrading the Elenga-Hatikumrul-Rangpur highway to four lanes. Mr. Rouf also visited the Jamuna Bridge, which is undergoing regular maintenance work.
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Tags: Asian Highway, Road, Road Transport, Roads, SASEC, Transport
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January 2026
Road work is underway to upgrade Nepal’s East-West Highway to meet Asian Highway standards. The project is funded by the Asian Development Bank and the Government of Nepal and is being undertaken as part of the SASEC partnership. The Nepal Ministry for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Physical Infrastructure and Transport, and Urban Development is supervising construction, which has now reached 25% completion.
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Tags: ADB, Asian Highway, Nepal, Road, Road Transport, Roads, SASEC, Trade, Transport
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May 2018
The 9th Annual Ministerial Meeting of Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) on Trade and Transport was held to discussed key issues in transport, transit cooperation, trade, and trade facilitation among LLDCs. Bhutan and Nepal sent delegations to the Meeting. They highlighted initiatives being taken to connect their countries to the global market, including bilateral agreements in the Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal subregion and the SASEC Trade Facilitation Program.
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Tags: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bilateral Agreement, Bilateral Trade, Connectivity, Cooperation, Customs, India, Nepal, Ports, Roads, SASEC, Single Window, Sustainable Development Goals, Trade, Trade Facilitation, Transport
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August 2017
Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, India, urged India and member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to bolster efforts to increase bilateral trade and investment, and improve road and sea transport links. She urged a review of the ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement to facilitate elimination of technical barriers to trade, and promoted transformation of the India-Southeast Asia transport corridors into economic corridors.
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Tags: ASEAN, Bilateral Agreement, India, Investments, Roads, Transport
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January 2017
India is set to join the Transports Internationaux Routiers (TIR), or International Road Transport Convention in its bid to establish seamless trade connectivity with Southeast Asia and Eurasian countries. Through the TIR Convention, India could access Eurasia via the International North-South Transport Corridor. TIR would also give India an advantage in trade with fellow signatories of the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal (BBIN) Motor Vehicles Agreement.
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Tags: Bangladesh, BBIN, Bhutan, Connectivity, Customs, Economic corridor, Harmonization, India, Motor Vehicles Agreement, Nepal, Road, Roads, Trade, Trade Facilitation, Transport
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December 2016
The SASEC project portfolio has surpassed the $9 billion mark with the December 2016 approval of Nepal’s SASEC Roads Improvement Project, worth $256.5 million. There are now 44 SASEC investment projects worth a cumulative $9.13 billion. During 2016, seven projects have been approved for a total of $2.37 billion.
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Tags: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Connectivity, Economic corridor, Energy, ICT, Nepal, Rail, Roads, SASEC, Trade Facilitation, Transport
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