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Bangladesh diplomatic sources told Bangladesh that Bangladesh has received no official level hints. Hindu Monday (May 19, 2025). This observation came two days after the export of ready-made clothing from Bangladesh to India through all Indian land ports, and also prevented land ports in northeastern India from being entered by Bangladesh to export designated products.
“We did not receive any advance notice that India is going to close the land port of our products, and as a result, many traders around us work properly, sending trucks to border land ports without knowing that they will not allow them to move forward further. Bangladesh believes that the closure of the Indian land movement is a “sovereign action” that can sometimes be carried out unilaterally, but with a neighbor with a shared historic history, Dhaka’s previous prompt was Dhaka’s previous hint of Dhaka. Hindu Being told.
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Officials said the step was seen as a mutual measure against Bangladesh, through its land ports, banning the export of Indian yarns and resorting to proactive inspections of Indian trucks. However, it is understood that Bangladesh measures taken by Bangladesh on April 13, supplying Indian rice through Healy land ports is not intended to harm Indian trade interests, but to deal with the corruption that the Bangladesh authorities are dealing with.
Public inconvenience
The official made the impression of India, saying it was unprecedented for Bangladesh to stop exports through Indian land ports, and the public has become increasingly inconvenient due to Indian measures. It is understood that Bangladesh is also paying attention to any further punitive actions taken by India, as a strong step in India seems to have begun due to political reasons. It was also learned that Bangladesh believes that land ports for Bangladesh products will also prevent people from interacting with business participation.
“Under many challenges, trade between India and Bangladesh has reached over $10 billion, just like we are at the forefront of doing great things, we are down again,” diplomatic sources said. Bangladesh’s goods to Northeast India have regional economic rationality that brings both sides. However, India said from its May 17 decision that Bangladesh’s message was to tell Dhaka that the northeast is not a “captive market” of Bangladesh.
Bilateral relations between India and Bangladesh have been cold since the fall of the Indian government on August 5, 2024, touching on Indian visas for Bangladesh travelers and medical tourists. India initially stopped issuing visas due to an unsafe environment for Dhaka consular staff, but the total number of visas issued is still around 1,000 per day, which is about 1,000 lower than the 8,000-day 2024 figures. Diplomatic sources said that people’s interactions have been low due to the lack of Indian visas and will now narrow further as trade interactions between the two sides are expected to shrink.
publishing – May 19, 2025, 10:23 pm IST
