KATHMANDU: Ambassador of Bangladesh to Nepal, Md Shafiqur Rahman, paid a courtesy call on Speaker Dol Prasad Aryal at the latter’s office today.

On the occasion, Speaker Aryal shared that Nepal-Bangladesh relations are based on sovereign equality, mutual respect and trust, adding Nepal has given high importance to the relations with Bangladesh.

He expressed the belief that various dimensions of bilateral relations would get a new height with the cooperation between the governments of two countries.

Lauding the economic and physical developments made by Bangladesh, the Speaker mentioned that good practices of Bangladesh would be useful in Nepal’s development journey.

On the occasion, Ambassador Rahman shared that Bangladeshi government was positive to further expand the existing cooperation between Nepal-Bangladesh in the areas of energy, trade, tourism, education, health and people-level relations.

The Ambassador laid emphasis on working together on the matters of shared interest by making South Asian regional cooperation effective, reads a press note issued by Speaker’s Secretariat.