Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has assured her Nepalese counterpart KP Sharma Oli of providing rail transit to his country.

The Nepalese premier expressed gratitude to Hasina in this regard.

"Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli phoned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina around 5:00pm and asked for 50,000 tonnes of fertiliser from Bangladesh," PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim said.

The Bangladesh PM agreed to provide the fertiliser to Nepal, he added.

During the 20-minute telephonic conversation, the two leaders put emphasis on further boosting bilateral relations and cooperation in different sectors, the press secretary said.

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