Sylhet, April 27 -- Commerce Adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin said that the government is working to offer cargo services to exporters at significantly lower rates than those availed in India, till Delhi cut off the transshipment facility through its land ports for Bangladeshi exports to third countries.

He made the remarks during the inauguration of direct cargo flights through Sylhet Osmani International Airport on Sunday.

Bangladesh had enjoyed the facility for five years (2020-25), during which it emerged that some exporters actually found it cheaper to transfer their products to some countries by sending the the goods over land to India, from where they could avail cheaper cargo services, than by sending them direct from Bangladesh.

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