UNB, Dhaka :
The Petroleum Authority of Thailand has showed keen interest to explore gas in Bangladesh, said outgoing Thai Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr Modurapochana.
The Thai envoy said this when she paid a farewell call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office here in the morning.
After the meeting, PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters. Mentioning the bomb explosion outside a Hindu shrine in central Bangkok on August 17, Thai envoy laid emphasis on close security cooperation
between Bangladesh and Thailand to combat terrorism. “The bomb blast was linked to human trafficking as 200 fake passports were recovered later,” she said.
The Prime Minister reiterated her government’s zero tolerance policy against all sorts of terrorism and said her administration has undertaken various counterterrorism measures to root out terrorism from the country.
Sheikh Hasina thanked the Thai government for extraditing one of the convicted fugitive killers of Bangabandhu to Bangladesh.
The Prime Minister said her government is setting up special economic zones across the country and invited the Thai entrepreneurs to come with investments by taking advantage of excellent government incentives on offer and congenial environment prevailing in Bangladesh.
Modurapochana noted that a Thai firm is constructing elevated expressway in Dhaka and said that it would help ease traffic congestion in the Bangladesh capital.
The Petroleum Authority of Thailand has showed keen interest to explore gas in Bangladesh, said outgoing Thai Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr Modurapochana.
The Thai envoy said this when she paid a farewell call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office here in the morning.
After the meeting, PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters. Mentioning the bomb explosion outside a Hindu shrine in central Bangkok on August 17, Thai envoy laid emphasis on close security cooperation
between Bangladesh and Thailand to combat terrorism. “The bomb blast was linked to human trafficking as 200 fake passports were recovered later,” she said.
The Prime Minister reiterated her government’s zero tolerance policy against all sorts of terrorism and said her administration has undertaken various counterterrorism measures to root out terrorism from the country.
Sheikh Hasina thanked the Thai government for extraditing one of the convicted fugitive killers of Bangabandhu to Bangladesh.
The Prime Minister said her government is setting up special economic zones across the country and invited the Thai entrepreneurs to come with investments by taking advantage of excellent government incentives on offer and congenial environment prevailing in Bangladesh.
Modurapochana noted that a Thai firm is constructing elevated expressway in Dhaka and said that it would help ease traffic congestion in the Bangladesh capital.
