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Originally Posted by shujan
Dr Yunus has a plan to take Bangladesh economy to the next level. For example: His plan is to make an interstate highway connecting India, Bangladesh, Nepal and others. he is very clear about it. He also discussed this issue with Indian Prime Minister Jogmohan about this high way. It is only Dr Yunus's influence with Jogmohan can get it done. One may ask what is the benefit for such a free way for Bangladesh.
Dr Yunus explained it in the secondary plan which is to make Chittagong port a world class facility. His plan is to anchor ships in chittagong port and use this interstate highway to supply imported products to land locked country and state like Nepal and Assam. This is a brilliant idea if you examine the plan carefully. Bangladesh will make enormous amount of dollar by providing logistic for this massive transportation revenue. This plan can bring billions of dollars annually for us. bangladesh can become a trade hub like Singapore. Imagine that!
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The Asian Highway project, up gradation of Chittagong port etc. issues have been around for more than 10 years. These projects seems to be very beneficial for Bangladesh on the surface but the problem is with the conditions imposed by India. From what I have read in newspapers, conditions for the interstate highway include allowing free access of Indian Army throughout the entire length for supposedly security. This also means that the Indian army will be allowed to do what BSF has been doing in our borders for decades, but they will be doing it right within the heart of our country.
So far every deal we had with India turned out to be sore for us, starting with Padma Water to all the trade treaties and agreements. I don't see any reason to believe that this is going to be different. One thing is for sure, Bangladesh will lose a big export market if this project is undertaken.
Remember Tata's investment proposal, well on the surface, everyone would welcome such a proposal. But later on we saw what terms they were expecting from us. Thanks to the press, the people became aware of those and the govt. did not dare proceed with it.