Experts call for regional economic integration centred on Chattogram's ports
The Business Standard (National) · ৬ নভে, ২০২৬
He stressed the need to provide port and logistics services to India's northeastern states, known as the Seven Sisters, as well as Nepal and parts of Myanmar.
পুরো খবরটি পড়ুনThe Business Standard (National)-এর ওয়েবসাইটে খুলবেকোনো শব্দ সিলেক্ট করে “অভিধান” চাপলে তার অর্থ দেখাবে।
মূল কথা
The Business Standard (National)-এর প্রতিবেদন থেকে হুবহু উদ্ধৃত
- Experts and business leaders have called for stronger economic connectivity with neighbouring countries, saying Chattogram could emerge as a major regional logistics hub through expanded trade and transport links.
- They said domestic infrastructure development alone would not be enough to unlock Bangladesh's economic potential.
- The country needs to strengthen regional connectivity centred on Chattogram port, alongside developing deep-sea port facilities, the Bay Terminal, Matarbari port, energy security, road and waterway networks, and administrative decentralisation.
শব্দভাণ্ডার ও বাস্তব প্রয়োগ ছক (Vocabulary Matrix)
4টি মূল শব্দএই প্রতিবেদন থেকে বাছাই করা শব্দ: অর্থ, উচ্চারণ ও প্রতিবেদনে ব্যবহার
The state of being connected
“Experts and business leaders have called for stronger economic connectivity with neighbouring countries, saying Chattogram could emerge as a major regional logistics hub through expanded trade and transport links.”
(systems theory) An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
Synonyms: underbuilding
“They said domestic infrastructure development alone would not be enough to unlock Bangladesh's economic potential.”
Currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to)
Synonyms: noumenon, spirit
“They said domestic infrastructure development alone would not be enough to unlock Bangladesh's economic potential.”
Along the side; by the side; side by side with.
“The country needs to strengthen regional connectivity centred on Chattogram port, alongside developing deep-sea port facilities, the Bay Terminal, Matarbari port, energy security, road and waterway networks, and administrative decentralisation.”
Words chosen from this story. English meanings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA), via the Free Dictionary API.
IELTS Reading practice
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Experts and business leaders have called for stronger economic connectivity with neighbouring countries, saying Chattogram could emerge as a major regional logistics hub through expanded trade and transport links.
They said domestic infrastructure development alone would not be enough to unlock Bangladesh's economic potential. The country needs to strengthen regional connectivity centred on Chattogram port, alongside developing deep-sea port facilities, the Bay Terminal, Matarbari port, energy security, road and waterway networks, and administrative decentralisation.
They also stressed the need for coordinated economic, cultural and administrative development to make the most of the city's potential.
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Questions 1–2: Complete the sentences. Write ONE WORD from the passage.
1.Experts and business leaders have called for stronger _____ connectivity with neighbouring countries, saying Chattogram could emerge as a major regional logistics hub through expanded trade and transport links.
2.The country needs to strengthen _____ connectivity centred on Chattogram port, alongside developing deep-sea port facilities, the Bay Terminal, Matarbari port, energy security, road and waterway networks, and administrative decentralisation.
Question 3: Do the following statements agree with the passage? Choose TRUE or FALSE.
3.They also stressed the need for coordinated economic, cultural and administrative development to make the most of the city's potential.
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