Dhaka, Jan. 26 -- Amid the downslide in bilateral relations between New Delhi and Dhaka, the Bangladesh interim government has decided to establish a 'Military Economic Zone' in Chattogram's Mirsarai, replacing the initially planned Indian Economic Zone.
Announcing this, Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun, executive chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (Bida) and the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (Beza), said at a press conference today: "The Indian Economic Zone has been excluded from the government-to-government framework, leaving the land vacant."Speaking to reporters at a press briefing at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka, Ashik said: "The proposed Military Economic Zone will now be developed on around 85...