Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said Bhutan and Nepal will use the Saidpur Airport.
The Commerce Minister was speaking as the chief guest at a function to award scholarships to the children of late members of the Rangpur Divisional Journalists’ Association (RDJA) at the Economic Reporters Forum (ERF) auditorium in Paltan on Sunday (December 5). He made the remarks at this function.
He said work was underway to make Saidpur Airport a regional airport, adding that the relevant authorities in Bhutan and Nepal have already said they will use the airport.
Tipu Munshi said, ‘There has been a lot of improvement in Rangpur region, and there is more ongoing. The ‘monga’ is over. The government has started work on building an agricultural university in Kurigram. If there is a university here, students from all over the country will come here for admission. And it will be surrounded by economic activity.’
He mentioned that in the past, Rangpur region was lagging behind but now that is not the case any longer. He said that development work worth Tk 8.5 thousand crore is ongoing on both sides of the Teesta River. This will provide opportunities for building large-scale industrial factories. The navigability of the river is being increased to bring goods from Northeast India by the river.
