South Asia Maritime & Logistics Forum 2018, Dhaka

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said it is possible to make a big lead into the socio-economic development of the people of South Asia through utlising huge potential of the maritime sector in the region, reports UNB.

"There's huge potential of the maritime sector in South Asia and utilising the potential, it's possible to make a big lead into the socio-economic development of the people of this region," she said.

The prime minister was inaugurating the two-day 2nd South Asia Maritime and Logistics Forum 2018 at hotel Le Meridien Dhaka.

She said Bangladesh has already settled the maritime boundary disputes with two neighbours with Myanmar in 2012 and with India in 2014 -- through which it reclaimed 118,813 square kilometres of the Bay of Bengal. "The total area of resources includes 200 nautical miles of exclusive economic zone and over 354 nautical miles of resources on seabed."