Kaladan News
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Bangladesh- Burma Border Trade Turns down
Teknaf, January 12: Burma-Bangladesh border trade
has turned down due to some dealings taken by a new administration body, said
our source from Teknaf, a border town of
After the sack of Prime Minister Khin Nyunt from his position
on October 18, 2004, in place of Nasaka Force,
temporally the administration is conducted by--- custom, police, immigration
and army--- ( new administration body) excluding the Military Intelligence.
Therefore, the administrations are being a little bit changed, he further
added.
The new administration body
imposed restriction on movement of businessmen in the middle of December last
year broadly upsetting the border trade between the two neighboring countries,
sources said.
Due to restriction, the revenue
collection at the Burmese border has declined to around Tk
550 million during the last 6 months, the custom officer of Teknaf
said.
It is also alleged that since the
very beginning of the border trade, non-cooperation from the Burmese authority
has been affecting normal trade relations of the two countries.
At present, the new
administration body is not issuing any visa to the Burmese businessmen,
similarly Bangladeshi Businessmen are not also allowed to stay in that country,
a businessman from Maungdaw town seeking anonymity
said.
As a result, the provision of
visiting and staying in
When asked, a number of local
businessmen expressed their opinions that the traders of both countries should
be allowed to carry out business as per agreement signed earlier for the sake
of existing border trade between
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