{"id":118597,"date":"2021-09-26T15:27:50","date_gmt":"2021-09-26T22:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=118597"},"modified":"2021-09-26T15:27:50","modified_gmt":"2021-09-26T22:27:50","slug":"why-bangladesh-should-use-gwadar-port","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/09\/26\/why-bangladesh-should-use-gwadar-port\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Bangladesh should Use Gwadar Port?"},"content":{"rendered":"

MD Pathik Hasan<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

Pakistan\u2019s\nGwadar port has brought a new dream for the region. This port is not only for\nPakistan but also all regional states. Chinese Investment has accelerated the\npace of aspirations in this regard. China\u2019s multi billion dollars\u2019 worth\nproject CPEC\u2019 is linked with Gwadar port. This port creates some sort of\npossibilities and potentials for whole South Asia, South East Asia, Central\nAsia, Western Asia, Eurasia, East Asia and Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bangladesh\nis a rising South Asian economic miracle and star. The country under the\nleadership of its PM Sheikh Hasina Wajed is moving forward. There are many\nindustries, companies in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is a biggest exporter of\nReady-Made Garments (RMG). Its apparel industry is booming. So, it needs\ncotton. But the production of cotton in Bangladesh is very low. Therefore, it\nused to import cotton from western China, Central Asia and Pakistan also. But\nBangladesh has no direct connectivity, shipping lines with these states.\nBangladesh is using Malacca strait now regarding import and export from China.\nSingapore port has been using. So, cotton import from Western China is very\nexpensive for Bangladesh. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On\nthe other hands, Bangladesh exports medicines, apparels, frozen foods, Halal\nfoods, potatoes to different countries. Bangladesh export huge number of apparels,\npotatoes, mangoes to Russia, Central Asian states. On the other hands. It\nimports cotton, wheats from Russia and Central Asian states. Recently\nBangladesh and Russia have agreed to boost up business ties. Bangladesh wants to\nexport mangoes to Russia and import fertilizer from Russia. But the\ntransportation cost by air amongst these states is very high. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bangladesh\ncan utilize the facilities of Gwadar port. Bangladesh can use Pakistan\u2019s Gwadar\nport to boost up its trade with Central Asia, Western China and Pakistan.\nPakistan\u2019s Gwadar port is going to be regional trade hub in the region. Bangladesh\ncan reach in Western China, Central Asia, Pakistan easily. Pakistan has some\nregional connectivity with Central Asian States through Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Afghanistan\nis now viable and politically stagnant. Taliban has formed a government.\nRegional states including China, Russia are interested to invest for the\ndevelopment of infrastructure and Connectivity of Afghanistan. Bangladesh can\nalso play a role to take part in the development process in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore,\nBangladesh should use Gwadar port to reach in these countries for ensuring its\nown business interest. There might have some Problems between Bangladesh and\nPakistan. But both government of these two states should solve it for their own\nmutual interest. Pakistan should play an important role in this regard. It has\nsome responsibilities to Bangladesh. It has to be understood and realized. But\nthese problems must be solved diplomatically with bilateral efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pakistan\u2019s\nGwadar port has very strategic significance. China and Pakistan are working\ntogether to establish \u2018Gwadar port\u2019 a regional hub. Using Gwadar port,\nBangladesh can easily access into the markets of Central Asian states, Western\npart of China, Pakistan, even Afghanistan and Western Asian states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bangladesh\nproducts can be exported to imported from those regions easily. The raw\nmaterials for apparel sector (cotton) can be imported easily from Pakistan and\nCentral Asian states. Such a way, the business relations amongst Bangladesh and\nother Muslim countries will be strengthened. Bangladesh-Pakistan economic ties\nwill be further bolstered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\nis no shipping line connection between Bangladesh and Pakistan. Bangladesh\nimports raw materials and products from western China and Central Asian\nCountries through either Singapore via Malacca strait or by air. So, the cost\nof transportation and wastage of time is huge for Bangladesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bangladesh\ncan easily overcome this utilizing the Pakistan\u2019s Gwadar port. Bangladesh has\nalready joined China run BRI project in 2017. \nPakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka all are the members of Chinese BRI\nproject. If Bangladesh\u2019s ports such as Chittagong (Chattogram), Payra, Mangla\nports can be connected with Pakistan\u2019s Gwadar port, Karachi port or Port Qassim\nvia Sri Lankan Colombo or Hambantota port, both Bangladesh and Sri Lanka would\nbenefit. Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asian states would also benefit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whole\nSouth East Asia, South Asia, Central Asia and West Asia would benefit. ASEAN\nand SAARC free trade zones could be created. Bangladesh could benefit\nultimately. The dependence of Bangladesh on India will be decreased. A greater\nregional interest could be confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why\nBangladesh should utilize Pakistan\u2019s Gwadar port?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. For\nensuring its own business interest.<\/strong><\/li>
  2. To\nstrengthen the economic and trade ties with Pakistan, Afghanistan, Central\nAsian States, West Asian countries and Even Russia and China.<\/strong><\/li>
  3. To\ndecrease its huge dependence on India,<\/strong><\/li>
  4. For\ncreating the ASEAN and SAARC free trade of zones.<\/strong><\/li>
  5. This\nconnectivity could unite the ASEAN and SAARC free trade zones.<\/strong><\/li>
  6. The all\nstates in those regions would benefit mutually in the sector of trade,\nCounter-terrorism approach from multilateral ties.<\/strong><\/li>
  7. Enhancing bilateral relations could\ncontribute to the growth of trade and investment relations with ASEAN and\nBIMSTEC countries. This will create an opportunity to serve grater regional\ninterest.<\/strong><\/li>
  8. Re-establishing the Himalayan-South Asian connectivity\ncan occur if political and diplomatic solutions of Bangladesh-Pakistan strained\nties can be found.<\/strong><\/li>
  9. Usage\nof Gwadar port by Bangladesh would ensure the maximum benefit of the people.<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    So,\nBangladesh should use Pakistan\u2019s Gwadar port. There is no alternative for each\nand every state in the world without be connected with others. There are huge potentials\nfor Bangladesh in this regard. Now it\u2019s time for Bangladesh to utilize this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    MD Pathik Hasan Pakistan\u2019s Gwadar port has brought a new dream for the region. This port is not only for Pakistan but also all regional states. Chinese Investment has accelerated the pace of aspirations in this regard. China\u2019s multi billion dollars\u2019 worth project CPEC\u2019 is linked with Gwadar port. This port creates some sort of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-md-pathik-hasan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118597\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}