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DHAKA- Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today assured Nepal for supplying fuel to meet the crisis in Himalayan Kingdom.
She also assured Nepal of extending necessary assistance to meet the needs of medicine and other essentials.
She gave the assurance when Nepalese ambassador to Bangladesh Hari Kumar Shrestha called on her, PM’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim told reporters after the meeting.
The envoy informed the prime minister of the prevailing crisis for petroleum, life saving medicines and other essentials in his country.
The industrial sector of Nepal has virtually been closed due to fuel crisis and people are suffering a lot due to the crisis of medicine and other essentials, he told the prime minister.
The envoy conveyed his government’s gratitude to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the support after this year’s devastating earthquake in Nepal. He also informed the prime minister of various aspects of the new constitution of Nepal.
Earler China has offered to supply LPG to Nepal after gifting fuel to ease the crisis in the country, due to a blockade at key border trade points with India. According to Nepal’s Ambassador to China, Dr Mahesh Maskey, China has expressed its willingness to supply cooking gas bullets directly to Kathmandu by establishing a joint customs point at Panchkhal of Kavrepalanchowk district.
The move came as Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli asked India to end an undeclared blockade” that has left the country desperately short of fuel and other supplies. During a televised address to the nation yesterday, Oli said the crisis brought by the blockade was more severe than war-time situation. Meanwhile, Nepalese authorities are preparing for signing a trade agreement with China to bring in more fuel.