Export and import activities between Bangladesh and India through Hilli Land Port resumed Sunday morning after a 10-day closure for the Eid-ul-Azha holidays.
President of Hilli Land Port Import-Export Workers Group Md. Sakhawat Hossain Shilpi confirmed this at 2:30 pm today.
Export and import activities have resumed through the district’s Hilli Land Port after the 10-day holiday for Eid-ul-Azha, he said.
About 42 trucks carrying imported Indian goods entered Bangladesh till 2:30 pm while trade operations beginning through this land port from 12 noon today, he added.
On the occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Azha, the import-export activities of Hilli Land Port were closed for 10 consecutive days from June 5 to June 14.
Since Sunday morning, trucks carrying various types of Indian spices have entered the port after the Eid closure, said Md. Yusuf Ali, deputy assistant director of the Plant Department of Hilli Land Port.