Supply-chain

Twenty years ago, prime minister Khaleda Zia ordered a solution to the cargo crisis. Caretaker government chief Fakhruddin Ahmed followed the same path. Later, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina deployed everyone from ministers and principal secretaries to secretaries to address the cargo problem. One committee after another was formed and recommendations were made, but no progress followed. Cargo handling at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport remains in the same state as before. The...

Saudi Arabia has shown strong interest in increasing investments in the development of Bangladesh’s transport, logistics and maritime sectors. In particular, new opportunities for partnership are emerging between Dhaka and Riyadh in promising sectors ranging from cold storage to port management and logistics supply chains. A high-level meeting between a Bangladesh delegation and visiting Saudi Deputy Minister of Transport and Logistics Services Dr. Rumaih Mohammed Al-Rumaih was held Wedne...