Bangladesh and India have reached an agreement to set up more border ‘haats’ in the near future considering the local demand.
The two countries took the decision at Bangladesh-India commerce secretary level meeting that ended on Thursday at the Ministry of Commerce in Dhaka.
Commerce secretary Shubashish Bose led a 16-member Bangladesh delegation in the meeting while Indian commerce secretary Rita Teaotia led the Indian delegation.
The last commerce secretary level meeting was held in New Delhi on November 15-16 in 2016.
The meeting expressed satisfaction over the operations of the existing four border haats along the Bangladesh-India borders.
A decision was taken in the meeting to expedite the procedure of setting up six more border haats within the next six months, as per a BSS report citing a release.