Dhaka, May 26 -- Planning Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud has underscored the potential of Chittagong Port as a strategic hub for trade and commerce for regions, especially for India's northeastern region.

He said the port could facilitate the export of goods from that area while also enabling the import of raw materials, which could be processed in Bangladesh for further export.

However, he revealed that the budget the interim government is going to present soon cannot include aspirational projects people expect as most of the development budget is going to nearly 1,200 inherited projects which could not be abandoned half-done despite their poor feasibility status.

He came up with the comments and observations at a seminar on Economic Corri...