The import and export activities through Hili land port will remain suspended for ten days from Wednesday on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr and Independence Day, reports UNB.
Shakhawat Hossain Shilpi, President of Hili Land Port Export-Import Workers Group, said that operations at the land port will remain closed for 10 days on the occasion of the Eid-ul-Fitr and Independence Day.
Import-export activities will resume as usual from Saturday morning (28 March) he added.
No goods-laden trucks or vehicles from India have entered the Hili land port since Wednesday morning.
Ariful Islam, officer-in-charge of Hili Immigration check-post, said that although trade activities will remain suspended, passport-bearing passengers will be able to travel between Bangladesh and India through the immigration checkpost as usual.
The checkpost will remain open daily from 9 am to 6:30 pm during the holiday period.
Bd-Pratidin English/ AM
