express courier shipments
Joint taskforce meeting in Kolkata today
BSS
A joint taskforce meeting is going to be held today at Kolkata in India to discuss the procedures for conducting a duel trial run of express courier shipments traveling by truck from Dhaka to Kolkata, reports BSS.
The Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) along with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is organising the meeting, said a press release yesterday.
The Taskforce is comprised of seven ministries and six private sector representatives from Bangladesh side, similarly from Indian side corresponding government and private sector representative.
Dr Mashiur Rahman, Economic Affairs Adviser to the Prime Minister will lead Bangladesh side while the Indian side is expected to be led by Biswajit Dutta, special secretary, Department of Transport, government of the West Bengal.
Senior Officials from concerned ministries and departments from the Bangladesh government and Indian government along with private sector organisations will attend at the meeting.
The meeting will discuss and agree terms and conditions for conducting the dual trail run of an express courier by truck this year in both directions between the customs facilities at the Dhaka and Kolkata via the Petrapole-Benapole border crossing under the draft protocols of the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal (BBIN) Initiative Motor Vehicles Agreement (MVA).
Research conducted by the South Asian Network for Economic Modelling indicates that expanding courier shipments to the land ports in between Bangladesh and India would greatly benefit the economy of Bangladesh.
