Govt. develops land ports to expand regional trade: Shipping Minister

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Economic Reporter :
Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan today said the government will develop Sheula, Thegamukh and Bhomra land ports for expansion of regional trade and economic activities.
“Development of these ports will play an important role in expansion of Bangladesh-India bilateral trade,” he said as chief guest at the inaugural session of a daylong workshop on an environmental and social study on the proposed interlinking project for development of Sheula, Thegamukh and Bhomra land ports.
Held at TCB Bhaban in the city, the session was presided over by Bangladesh Land Port Authority Chairman Tapan Kumar Chakravarty. Shipping Ministry Additional Secretary M Rafiqul Islam, Land Port Authority Member Meshkat Ahmed Chowdhury and architect Iqbal Habib also spoke on the occasion.
The land ports at Sheula in Sylhet, Thegamukh in Rangamati and Bhomra in Satkhira would be developed under Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) Interlinking Project.
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