India, Bangladesh to allow truck movement May 1

By IANS,

Dhaka: Bangladesh and India will allow from May 1 trucks to carry cargo from one country to another, a media report said Saturday.

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A “standard operating procedure” will be framed for the easy movement of vehicles across the border in the absence of a legal framework accord, the New Age newspaper quoted the foreign ministry as saying.

Customs officials said Bangladesh informally allows Indian trucks to enter 300 metres into Bangladesh but India does not give a similar facility to Bangladeshi vehicles.

The two countries decided to relax the restrictions on the movement of cargo vehicles along the border during the visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India in January.