Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said Bangladesh will provide 50,000 metric tonnes of fertilizers to Nepal for meeting its demand.
“Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli phoned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina around 5pm and sought 50,000 mt of fertilizers from Bangladesh,” PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim said.
In response, he said, the Bangladesh prime minister agreed to provide the fertilizers to Nepal.
During the 20-minute telephonic conversation, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina also assured his Nepalese counterpart of providing rail transit to Nepal.
The Nepalese prime minister expressed gratitude to his Bangladesh counterpart in this regard.
Karim said the two leaders put emphasis on further bolstering bilateral relations and cooperation in different sectors.
They hoped that the preferential trade agreement (PTA) between the two counties would be signed to boost trade and commerce.
Sheikh Hasina congratulated Sharma Oli for successfully combating the novel coronavirus in his country, the press secretary added.
