Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- The interim government is planning to buy aircraft from Boeing as part of efforts to reduce tariffs imposed by the United States and narrow the trade deficit between the two countries, according to Civil Aviation and Tourism Advisor Sheikh Bashir Uddin.

He made the comments at a media briefing in Dhaka on Sunday, saying the purchase was linked to ongoing trade negotiations with Washington, bdnews24.com reports.

Noting that Bangladesh had previously faced a 37 percent tariff from the US, which was later reduced to 20 percent following negotiations, he said that the figure might have been lowered further had details of the agreement not been made public.

"Despite that, we managed to bring the tariff down to 20 percent, w...