Bangladesh, June 30 -- The government should carefully assess the economic benefits and long-term strategic implications of a proposed Bangladesh-Myanmar-China economic corridor before making any commitment, experts have said, describing the initiative as primarily a geo-economic rather than a geopolitical project.

The proposal resurfaced during Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's recent visit to China, where Beijing expressed interest in strengthening regional connectivity through a transport and trade corridor linking the three countries.

Md Obaidul Haque, Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations at the University of Dhaka, said China was pursuing the initiative mainly to diversify its trade routes and facilitate ...