Staff Reporter

Managing Director of the World Bank Ms Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala yesterday announced in Dhaka that the Bank would take up the case of Bangladesh with Indian authorities to ensure the supply of five lakh metric tonnes of rice committed and improvement of bilateral trade through reduction of trade imbalance between the two next-door neighbours.
“As World Bank we will explain the situation in this country to the Indian authorities so that trade situation as well as the rice supply will be eased,” she told a pre-departure press conference at Westin hotel in the city, concluding a four-day official visit to Bnagladesh. [Read more]