Staff Reporter

Bangladesh yesterday formally requested India to withdraw its export ban on essential commodities, including rice, pulse and onion. The request was made on the fifth meeting of Bangladesh-India Joint Working Group (JWG) that began in Dhaka yesterday.
The JWG meeting will discuss issues, including removal of non-tariff and para-tariff barriers to trade between the two countries.
Senior trade officials from the two countries will also deliberate on issues relating to trade facilitation and infrastructure, and
recommendations by the two apex trade bodies–FBCCI and FICCI–during the meeting that began at the Commerce Ministry conference room at Bangladesh Secretariat. [Read more]