MARITIME DISPUTE WITH INDIA Bangladesh gets 19,467sq km area in Bay

MARITIME DISPUTE WITH INDIA

Bangladesh gets 19,467sq km area in Bay

Settling a longstanding India-Bangladesh maritime boundary dispute, a Hague-based international court has awarded Bangladesh 19,467square kilometres out of 25,602 sq km disputed area in the Bay of Bengal.

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali disclosed this at a press briefing in the afternoon.

The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) delivered the verdict after nearly five years of argument and counter argument by the two nations, spot visit by judges and examination of survey reports................