New Indo-Bangla river route opened

Update: 2010-09-15 00:00 GMT

DHUBRI, Dec 31 - In a bid to boost trade between Bangladesh and India, the Assistant High Commissioner of Bangladesh Tanvir Mansur formally opened a river route between India and Bangladesh by flagging of a commercial cargo service between the two countries in Dhubri recently.

Speaking on the occasion, the Assistant High Commissioner of Bangladesh said that Indo-Bangla trade has increased manifold in the wake of improving relations between the countries and the new route is likely to give a fresh impetus to bilateral trade.

It may be mentioned that on July this year the first cargo vessel from Dhubri to Bangladesh was introduced.

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