Bhutan seeks to use BD sea, air, land ports

[eastwatch]

Care to explain this part.

Look at the map. All your political people's talks about a trade route with ASEAN rest on quick sand unless Bangladesh wants it to happen. How your export/import commodities will move to and from ASEAN without a route through BD? Yes, you can do it via sea routes without BD. But, if it is low cost land route, it must cross BD. Alternatively, you can use the chicken neck and detour the route. But, will it benefit India and its trading partners in any way?

So, demobilize your 300,000 troops from our border, get rid of DADA mentality, talk in a friendly tone with BD and request for a passage. A superficial leopard skin does not suit a poor and developing India. Discard this skin of yours and come down to the real world. Only then India will be respected and co-operated.

 

[eastwatch]

Yes your government(both Khaleda and Hasina) always ask for transit to Nepal and Bhutan, your industries run on Indian cotton and even a slight reduction in cotton export causes tremors in your textile industry. And don't forget the cattle smuggling which feed your nation and your smugglers frequently got shot.

NE transit route cost us double but how much extra transportation cost is BD paying for importing cotton from Uzbekistan instead of India.

No one in BD wants to stop cotton imports from India, but, we certainly cannot depend solely on India for the import of this valuable item. This is why Bd is trying to diversify its sources. It wanted to import cotton from west African countries. But, their infrastructures are so weak that it will take more than three months to get delivery. So, BD asked the west african Ambassadors to jointly operate warehouses in Chittagong and stock their cotton bales there. BD importers would import from those warehouses. I think, negotiations are still going on the modalities.

Uzhbekistan is another country that produces a lot of cotton. Yes, the cost will increase a little, but we need diversification of our source of raw materials.

 

[scholseys]

Can you provide some links to know cotton price in Bangladesh.

I read that yarn price soured by 20-30 cents per pound in a single month because of India's ban which still show dependency Bangladesh on India.

the ban has been lifted quite a while ago and the ban was there for just a week; only 7 days due to your farmers crying and what not lol, India closed the export so that they can give their spinning sector some advantage and her garments but it was killing the farmers and the jinning plants of India. As a result the cotton price in the commodity sector shot up as a whole around the world. It wasn't that bad for Bangladesh, we have a very diverse spinning sector that imports from australia to west africa. India also has a share in that. India is a major exporter of cotton and china is her major buyer and china is also the biggest market for textiles. So when india stop exporting, cotton prices around the world goes up. Its simply supply and demand. Cotton is a commodity and the free market dictates the prices. My family has been in the spinning and textile business for the past 25 years. We spin, we make jeans to dying; our textile is not dependent on India, stop exaggerating. Our textile is dependent on cheap labor and 11% incentive in the eu and other benefits in north America , that is why you guys can't compete with us in this sector.

So, I want to make it clear that Indian cotton market depends on the world rather than world depending on India. You guys couldn't even keep your export off for a month, your hungry farmers went crazy..supa powa india

 

[Ammyy]

The whole nation is against this fart off corridor. The way you talk is as if you are an expert on
BD politics. Seriously stop making a fool out of yourself here. Visit BD facebook pages, read the
comments in Daily star (awami mouth piece), newage, holiday etc and if you know bengali read
bengali dailies like Prothom ALo, amardesh, Naya diganta, then you would at least come to know
about groung realities here. I don't go on talking $hit about your country since I don't want to make
a fool out of myself even though I know more about India than you know about BD.

Connection with Buthan and nepal is not worth giving corridor to india. Its a retarded logic.Why
interfere in our affairs? You can connect to ASEAN via myanmar and we can connect with ASEAN
via our own myanmar border. But you guys want to take control of BD by this NE corridor
and naturally we bangladeshis will be against any such deals.

Both options are not economical ....

Just like connectivity to Myanmar from India without BD route is not economical .. same applied to Bangladesh for Myanmar connectivity.

I am not even interested in politics ...but to understand this simple logic no one need PHD in politics


You talk about facebook page for reference ??? During UP assembly poll Uma Bharti (BJP candidate) was first choice(65%) on internet but in reality BJP came third

 

[Luffy 500]

Both options are not economical ....

Just like connectivity to Myanmar from India without BD route is not economical .. same applied to Bangladesh for Myanmar connectivity.

Economy and profit doesn't count in matters of national security and strategic interest in line with geopolitical reality. A lamb can't have the exit of its house through wolves den. Indian is a hostile and potential enemy to BD and bangladeshis are not braindead to get convinced by this
"ecnomical talk crap". It makes the most strategic sense for us to choose the myanmar route
and we can't allow a hostile india via our country. This NE corridor issue is one of those that
made your BAL deeply unpopular here and that's why we call them Indian dalal.

You talk about facebook page for reference ??? During UP assembly poll Uma Bharti (BJP candidate) was first choice(65%) on internet but in reality BJP came third

You are again making a fool out of yourself by comparing BD to India. Your country didn't suffer
from 122 abductions of oppostion leaders in the last 2 years, journalist and civil rights activist are
not killed in your country in broad daylight, you don't have a depleted forex reserve, your power
sector is not in the hand of a select few business families, your gov allows your parliament and
opposition know about foreign bilateral agreements and don't play hide and seek with national
security matters, Your TV and press don't get threats every now and then and last but not least
you don't have a BAL type party in your country. You don't know a $hit about what's going on
here but you are still talking $hit about my country.

 

[bindaas]

Look at the map. All your political people's talks about a trade route with ASEAN rest on quick sand unless Bangladesh wants it to happen. How your export/import commodities will move to and from ASEAN without a route through BD? Yes, you can do it via sea routes without BD. But, if it is low cost land route, it must cross BD. Alternatively, you can use the chicken neck and detour the route. But, will it benefit India and its trading partners in any way?

So, demobilize your 300,000 troops from our border, get rid of DADA mentality, talk in a friendly tone with BD and request for a passage. A superficial leopard skin does not suit a poor and developing India. Discard this skin of yours and come down to the real world. Only then India will be respected and co-operated.

Your assumption about North-East is 100% day-dreams because you know nothing about India deals with ASEAN countries in years please read my previous posts. It seems your media has made to day-dreaming Also, Bangladesh has a huge lacks infrastructure so Bangladesh first need to revamp their own infrastructure instead of talking bullshit.

Both options are not economical ....

Just like connectivity to Myanmar from India without BD route is not economical .. same applied to Bangladesh for Myanmar connectivity.

Myanmar-Bangladesh border is mainly mountainous, do Bangladesh know how to dig tunnels for roads and can it afford that much money to construct the road.

 

[Ammyy]

Economy and profit doesn't count in matters of national security and strategic interest in line with geopolitical reality. A lamb can't have the exit of its house through wolves den. Indian is a hostile and potential enemy to BD and bangladeshis are not braindead to get convinced by this
"ecnomical talk crap". It makes the most strategic sense for us to choose the myanmar route
and we can't allow a hostile india via our country. This NE corridor issue is one of those that
made your BAL deeply unpopular here and that's why we call them Indian dalal.

We all know who actually opposing this route masters of Jamati(china) as you know trade route for BD and Myanmar is almost impossible because of mountainous and you cant afford to make it by your own .... even if you made it cost will be to high to afford so basically received by truck as toll fees and do you think Myanmar will go for this much high cost highway ???? They are not fool like jamati

You are again making a fool out of yourself by comparing BD to India. Your country didn't suffer
from 122 abductions of oppostion leaders in the last 2 years, journalist and civil rights activist are
not killed in your country in broad daylight, you don't have a depleted forex reserve, your power
sector is not in the hand of a select few business families, your gov allows your parliament and
opposition know about foreign bilateral agreements and don't play hide and seek with national
security matters, Your TV and press don't get threats every now and then and last but not least
you don't have a BAL type party in your country. You don't know a $hit about what's going on
here but you are still talking $hit about my country.

What I am watching is enough for me to judge .... Jamatis movement against India failed (avoid Indian product) ................... All protest of BNP failed one by one .............. How the hell any one believe on Jamati ???

 

[bindaas]

the ban has been lifted quite a while ago and the ban was there for just a week; only 7 days due to your farmers crying and what not lol, India closed the export so that they can give their spinning sector some advantage and her garments but it was killing the farmers and the jinning plants of India. As a result the cotton price in the commodity sector shot up as a whole around the world. It wasn't that bad for Bangladesh, we have a very diverse spinning sector that imports from australia to west africa. India also has a share in that. India is a major exporter of cotton and china is her major buyer and china is also the biggest market for textiles. So when india stop exporting, cotton prices around the world goes up. Its simply supply and demand. Cotton is a commodity and the free market dictates the prices. My family has been in the spinning and textile business for the past 25 years. We spin, we make jeans to dying; our textile is not dependent on India, stop exaggerating. Our textile is dependent on cheap labor and 11% incentive in the eu and other benefits in north America , that is why you guys can't compete with us in this sector.

So, I want to make it clear that Indian cotton market depends on the world rather than world depending on India. You guys couldn't even keep your export off for a month, your hungry farmers went crazy..supa powa india

Indian cotton exporters and farmers were worrying about exports to China, not Bangladesh. Plus, ban of Indian cotton to Bangladesh did raise shivers in Bangladesh, so stop being funny.

 

[ebr77]

Great initiative by Bhutan. They should stack on it.

All the neighboring countries should give them some room, at least for the sake of common Bhutanese in this case.

P.S. I would probably get ..... if I read all the 7 pages, so I'm not quoting anyone now.

 

[scholseys]

Indian cotton exporters and farmers were worrying about exports to China, not Bangladesh. Plus, ban of Indian cotton to Bangladesh did raise shivers in Bangladesh, so stop being funny.

this is how a clueless Indian looks like. Bangladesh is the second biggest exporter of garments after china in the world. The ban had concerns, not shivers, stop making yourself look more important than you are, Indian.

 

[kalu_miah]

For Hindutva Extremist Nationalists, here is info on Bangladesh-Myanmar road link:
http://www.defence.pk/forums/world-affairs/6581-bangladesh-myanmar-road-link.html

Now please go peddle your BS somewhere else.

 

[eastwatch]

Both options are not economical ....

Just like connectivity to Myanmar from India without BD route is not economical .. same applied to Bangladesh for Myanmar connectivity.

Would you mind telling us why Bangladesh-Myammar connectivity is uneconomical for BD-ASEAN trade?

 

[Mo12]

Lol come on Indians. Bangladesh are allys, not all Bangladeshis are like MBI Mushi etc or EastWest etc.

Most of them are just hard working people, that wants India to look after them and help them to give them economic prosperity. Majority are sensible like Zebanya. I hope India, Bang, Bhutan and ASEAN nations have a good future TOGETHER.

Sorry for misspelling members name here.

what is happening here ??? the post is about Bhutan using Bd s ports and people are just dragging my north-east for nothing and typing away BS as if they are some sorta expert.. for some BD members it may sound unreal but we are way better than BD despite all the insurgency and violence. You donot know ,but our NE do have a good industrial base , be it petroleum, mining,forestry,agri industry,chemical industries and hundred other small scale but important areas like hydel power , assam-silk and tourism.. we have small population roughly 30 millions of which almost half are migrants(domestic and foreigns).. we are not far from rest of the country in social indices also infact we are better in some fields
But there is still lots of juice to be squeeze out of the lemon and I believe central govt is making a honest effort towards it as evident by recent development of infrastructures and its efforts to engage BD to give us "free tarnsit".
The need of the hour is strong local leadership and to end the "teror-mafia" system here which is slowing the process a bit. And with recent positive developements in Burma I see nothing but a bright future for ourselve whether some people want it or not,.....

We really need a thread dedicated to North East India. Its one of the most isolated part of India in term of media attention and news.

 

[eastwatch]

Mo12 has disappointed me very badly. I thought I am a good friend and a well wisher of India. Note, I am not a politician nor I am a mischievious person. That may be the reason I do not hide my real thoughts and express them liberally. However, also note, like many others I am not here to accept the prescriptions of India's sweetened but poisonous medicines for my country in the name of friendship. Check India's track records. You will find a big country deceiving a small neighbour all the time. How can I stop myself from lending my keyboard to my country?

 

[fallstuff]

Bhutan and Nepal can use the ports any day of the week. Its just that once the they leave the border into India from either direction, they are on their own.

I doubt Indians will just let their goods through without gettin something out of it.