Cross-border trade resumes after Eid holidays

Cross-border trade through the Hili and Radhikapur land ports in Dinajpur and Sonahat land port in Kurigram resumed yesterday, marking the end of Eid-ul-Azha celebrations.

However, trade through the Banglabandha land port in Panchagarh will resume from Friday.

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All import and export activities through Hili Land Port were halted for six days during the Eid holiday, which began on July 19 as decided by traders from both India and Bangladesh, according to Harun Ur Rashid, president of the port's Importers and Exporters Group.

Sarkar Rakib Ahmed, president of the Clearing and Forwarding Agents Association of Sonahat land port, said that the port had remained closed for five days to celebrate the religious festival.

"Trade through the port resumed on Sunday," he added.

Kudrat-e-Khuda Milon, secretary of the Clearing and Forwarding Agents Association of Banglabandha Land Port, said the port went into a ten-day holiday on July 19 that will end on Thursday.

"Trade will start from Friday," Milon added.

However, immigration services at all these ports remain open.