No trade at Benapole port for 11 days from Oct 19
Import and export activities between Bangladesh and India through Benapole port will remain suspended for 11 days due to Eid-ul-Azha and Durga Puja.
Trade between the two countries through the land port will come to a halt from October 19 to 29 and it will resume on October 30, said port sources.
Abdul Aawal, director of Benapole port, however, said unloading of imported goods from Indian trucks will not stop during the suspension of trade.
Akbar Hossain, joint commissioner of Benapole customs, said leave of all the staff at immigration and customs sections has been cancelled to facilitate services for the passport holding travelers during the suspension of trade.
Customs and immigration sections at the port will remain open even on the day of Eid, he said.
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