The interim government has cancelled ten agreements signed with India during the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League regime.
Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain shared the information in a Facebook post on Sunday night.
In the post, he wrote that discussions on the agreements began soon after the interim government assumed office, and the decision was made following a thorough review.
The cancelled agreements and projects are – Tripura-Chattogram Rail Link Project (signed in 2017), Abhaypur-Akhaura Rail Line Expansion (2018), Ashuganj-Agartala Corridor (2016), Feni River Water Management Project (2019), Road and Waterway Development Agreement for Port Use (2018), Bangladesh’s Financial Assistance Proposal for the Farakka-related Project (2023), Sylhet–Silchar Connectivity Project (2020), Petroleum Pipeline Extension Agreement (2019), Indian Economic Zones (Mirsarai and Mongla IEZ) (2019), and the tugboat agreement with Indian defence company GRSE (2024).