India is replacing its high commissioner to Bangladesh Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty. The Indian government's ministry of external affairs announced on Tuesday that Chakravarty would be replaced by Rajeet Mitter currently India's ambassador to Philippines.
The Indian high commissioner, Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty, met the shipping minister, Shahjahan Khan, and discussed use of Ashuganj port and development of Chittagong and Mongla ports. During a meeting at the shipping ministry Thursday, they also discussed matters of mutual interests.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Indian High Commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty discussed the much-talked-about transit issue during a meeting when the envoy paid a courtesy call on her at her office yesterday.
Indian High Commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty today said India would further prune the negative list of products to make the overseas trade easier. There are 400 names of products on the negative list of India at present, which was cut down from 700 few years ago.
The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) should maintain the global standard in testing the exportable goods, Indian High Commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty said today. The Indian envoy urged the government to strengthen the capacity of the BSTI so that it does not need to retest the goods in India.
The state minister for foreign affairs, Hasan Mahmud, on Thursday said the Indian high commissioner in Dhaka, Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty, had sympathy for Bangladeshis as he is a Bengali.
Dhaka disapproved of Indian envoy Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty’s allegation that Bangladeshis overstay in India as a spokesman for the foreign ministry said his observation does not match with the information available with the government.
A large number of Bangladeshis who enter India every year with visa do not come back, the Indian high commissioner has alleged.
Opposition Chief Whip Joynal Abedin Farruque yesterday demanded immediate withdrawal of Indian High Commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty from Bangladeshas well as resignation of Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni.
Awami League spokesperson Syed Ashraful Islam, rejecting BNP's demands to take action against Indian high commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty, said Thursday that the envoy did not overstep diplomatic norms in remarks about the Tipaimukh dam.
