Export-import activities between Bangladesh and India through the Hili Land Port will remain suspended for six days, on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, one of the largest Muslim festivals.
Hili Land Port Import-Export Group General Secretary Md Mostafizur Rahman said that trade activities will remain closed from June 27 to July 2 for the Eid holidays.
“Trade activities will resume at the land port from July 3,” he said.
Hili Immigration Check-post Officer-in-Charge (OC) Sheikh Ashraful said that according to the government decision, there is no official holiday at the Immigration Check-post.
So, cross-border travel will continue from 9am to 6pm through the immigration check-post of the land port during this time, the OC added.
SM Haider, co-manager of the private operator of the land port, Panama Hili Port Link Ltd, said that trade between the two countries via Hili port will remain closed from June 27 to July 2. However, their operations will resume from July 2.
