Bangla-Bhutan trade deal renewed for 5 years: Tamabil opened as transit point

Prime Minister of Bhutan Jigme Y Thinley welcomed Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina's suggestion for introducing bilateral road communications between the two neighboring countries as Dhaka and Thimphu moved to enhance the two-way trade under a renewed deal. "We will be happy if we can set up land communications with Bangladesh," the host Prime Minister said when Sheikh Hasina met him at his office Gyalong Tshokhang in the Bhutanese capital on Saturday afternoon and the two sides held extensive talks on cooperation.