Bangladesh yet to give transit facility to any country: Muhith

Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said that Bangladesh has not yet given any country the permission to carry goods through its territory under transit facility.

The minister said this while responding to a query of ruling party lawmaker Nurunnabi Chowdhury at Jatiya Sangsad today.

However, goods transported through Bangladesh from India under trans-shipment facility of the existing ‘Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade (PIWTT)’ between the two countries, Muhith said.

Foreign remittance worth Tk 10016857 crore entered into the country through banking channels in the 2015-16 financial year which is Tk 2136 crore less than previous fiscal year, he said while replying ruling party lawmaker AFM Bahauddin Nasim.

As per the financial sector reform programme, banks are authorised to fix interest rates on deposits and loans from 1990, Muhith said when responding Awami League MP Nurjahan Begum.