- Trade follows the expulsion of the old PM Sheikh Hasina from Bangladesh.
- India’s relations with the new Bangladesh Frosty government since then.
- The first container ship sailed from Karachi to Chittagong in November 2024.
Pakistan and Bangladesh have begun direct government to government after decades of relations with imports of 50,000 tons of rice, Dhaka said on Tuesday.
The last development occurs months after Bangladesh Prime Humanity
The relations between India and the new Bangladesh government have been frozen since then, allowing Islamabad and Dhaka to slowly rebuild ties.
Direct private trade between countries was restarted in November 2024, when a container ship sailed from Karachi to Chittagg from Bangladesh.
It was the first cargo ship in decades in navigating directly among countries.
“For the first time, we are importing 50,000 tons of Pakistan rice, and it is the first government to government between the two countries,” Ziauddin Ahmed, a senior official of the Ministry of Food in Dhaka on Tuesday.
The General Directorate of Food of Bangladesh signed a memorandum of understanding with the Pakistan Trading Corporation (TCP) in January for Rice Imports.
Ahmed said that commerce with Pakistan offers a “new way of supply and competitive prices”, with state authorities in recent years importing the basic element of India, Thailand and Vietnam.
Imports are criticism for Bangladesh, a nation that is among the most vulnerable to the climate change in the world, with large areas formed by deltas where Brahmaputra rivers are enrolled towards the sea.
The country of 170 million is particularly at risk of devastating floods and cyclones, disasters that can only accelerate as the planet continues to warm up.
Bangladesh’s private companies have imported Pakistani rice for years, but Pakistani products had to be discarded in feeding ships, usually in Sri Lanka, Malaysia or Singapore, before traveling.
