December 4, 2019 7:38 PM

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Bangladesh-India shipping secretary-level meeting begins

A two-day-long meeting between Shipping Secretaries of India and Bangladesh began in Dhaka on Wednesday.<br />'' <br />'' Speaking to media persons on Tuesday, the Shipping Secretary of Bangladesh Abdus Samad said that the two countries will discuss issues like land port facility, transhipment fees, dredging of navigational rivers among others.<br />'' <br />'' He said Bangladesh and India will also discuss ways to improve immigration and customs arrangement and management of passenger and cruise ships.<br />'' <br />'' Bangladesh Shipping Secretary Abdus Samad is leading the Dhaka side while the Indian delegation is led by the Shipping Secretary Gopal Krishna.<br />'' <br />'' The meeting of the standing committee on "Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade" (PIWTT) affairs was held on Wednesday. The secretary-level and inter-governmental committee meeting will take place on Thursday.<br />'' <br />'' The last secretary-level meeting between the two countries was held in 2018 in New Delhi.<br />''  

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