Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay Tshering has said his country will offer a special package to hire Bangladeshi specialised doctors to work in Bhutan.
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen gave the information on Friday after a meeting with the Bhutanese Prime Minister at a city hotel in Dhaka, reports UNB.
Dr Momen said he warmly welcomed the Bhutanese Prime Minister as he and his foreign minister are former students of Bangladeshi medical colleges. "I told them 'you're most welcome in your second home'."
The foreign minister also offered Bhutan to use Bangladesh's ports and roads.
"If they do it, they'll be benefited and able to ensure the supply of goods for their consumers at competitive and affordable prices. They're also very positive about it."
Dr Momen said he also offered the Bhutanese Prime Minister to use Saidpur Airport in Bangladesh as the government is going to expand it. "I told him (Tshering) that we're making a big hub there and there's a scope for you (Bhutan) to use it."
He also informed the media that Bhutan is positive about implementing the stalled BBIN (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal) Motor Vehicle Agreement (MVA) in a regulated way balancing the environment.
"Bhutan is examining the BBIN Motor Vehicle Agreement for regional connectivity. They said they've formed a study committee to find a way to have the agreement signed," he said.
The minister further said, "I told them to do it in a regulated way by balancing the environment. They're very positive about it."
Since the BBIN MVA was signed on June 15, 2015, Bangladesh, India and Nepal ratified the agreement while Bhutan halted it.
Though the lower house of the country endorsed the agreement, its upper house refrained from ratifying it fearing environmental impact on the country due to increased traffic of heavy-duty vehicles.
Earlier in the morning, Tshering arrived in Dhaka on a three-day official visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The Bhutanese Prime Minister, leading a 20-member high-powered delegation, was received by Sheikh Hasina at the VVIP tarmac of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport and was accorded a 19-gun salute.
Soon after his arrival, the visiting Prime Minister paid his respects to the Liberation War martyrs at the National Mausoleum at Savar and to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi.
The two Prime Ministers will hold official talks on Saturday. It is expected that five Memoranda of Understanding will be signed by both sides paving the way for strengthening cooperation between the two countries in the areas of health, agriculture, shipping, tourism and public administration training.
Also on Saturday, the Bhutanese Prime Minister will meet President Abdul Hamid and join a banquet hosted in his honour by the Prime Minister.
