In another mutual advantage move, Bangladesh and Nepal have signed a deal that will very likely increase bilateral trade between the two countries. A transit deal, including a transport route worked out in Dhaka–and finalized in early 2011– will increase transport and tourism between the two countries.
The deal initially made in 1976 will finally allow Nepal access another port, Mongla. Till now, landlocked Nepal had easiest access to the port in the Indian city of Kolkata. Indeed, this agreement has spillover effects: getting the most mileage out of the deal would compel the government to hammer out a similar deal with India. Bangladeshi goods cannot travel up the road to Nepal, as can Nepal, without first clarifying long outstanding road use issues with the government of India.
This move is then mostly mutual advantage with imbedded triggers that forces the sitting government to reach out to its nearest neighbor India. Were that every other piece of public policy were so efficient!