Bangladesh for South Asian free trade deal
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday called for implementing the free trade agreement (FTA) that the Saarc nations signed nearly a decade ago.
In her address to the 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit here, Hasina underlined the need to implement the South Asian Free Trade Agreement (Safta), Xinhua reported. The accord was signed by the Saarc member states Jan 6, 2004, at the 12th Saarc Summit in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad.
Safta required the developing countries in South Asia—India, Pakist...