Bangladesh offers Nepal use of Payra port

KATHMANDU, July 27: Bangladesh has offered Nepal to use its Payra Port. The Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina offered Nepal the use of its newly constructed Payra port during a meeting with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’. 

The two visiting ministers met at the newly opened Bangladesh-Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Room in the FAO Headquarters on the sideline of the UN Food Systems Summit. Both leaders were in Rome to attend the summit.
In the meeting, PM Hasina offered Nepal the use of the Payra port, said Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen while briefing reporters.

"Bangladesh has already opened the Chalna and Chittagong ports for Nepal. Nepal can use the newly constructed Payra port as well," Momen quoted her as telling Dahal.

PM Hasina said Bangladesh is developing its Sayedpur airport as a regional hub to extend the connectivity in the region.

During the discussion, Prime Minister Dahal praised the development that Bangladesh is achieving under the leadership of Hasina and asserted that there is a huge potential for hydropower generation in Nepal.

In this context, Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh will take steps to import renewable energy particularly hydroelectricity after the first trilateral power trade from Nepal to Bangladesh through India for 40MW of power starts.
Dahal mentioned that many Nepalese students are pursuing their studies in Bangladesh.