Bangladesh is still hopeful of signing an interim agreement on the share of Teesta waters and continued its engagement with India to resolve the issue "We could not sign Teesta agreement and we can see there is an embarrassment from the Indian side. It would be wrong if we say this is the end of the story," Foreign Secretary Mohamed Mijarul Quayes told bdnews24.com.
The foreign secretaries of Bangladesh and India are going to hold consultation in New Delhi on Jul 24, where Teesta and land boundary agreement issues would be discussed.
The last consultation was held in Dhaka before the visit of the Indian Prime Minister.
Trade with India Quayes credited South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) process with the expansion of trade with India in recent times.
"Under the SAFTA negotiation, least developed countries including Bangladesh got duty-free access and the beneficiaries are businesses of both the countries," he said.
Bangladesh's export to India is expected to cross $1 billion for the first time but Indian exports also increased to over $4.5 billion in the last fiscal.
He said there are many problems including standardisation in doing business with India.
"But a continued engagement has improved the situation a lot," he added.