Import and export activities resumed from today through Hili Land Port (HLP) in Hakimpur upazila of Dinajpur after an eight-day vacation on the Eid-ul-Azha festivity and weekly holiday.
General Secretary of the Customs, Clearing and Forwarding Agents Association of HLP Jamil Hossain Cholonto said import-export activities remained suspended from July 9 to July 14 marking the Eid festivity and on July 15 (weekly holiday Friday).
Imports, exports, customs clearance, loading and unloading of imported goods resumed again this morning through the land port.
“After unloading the Indian freight trucks, local trucks started loading and leaving the land port for different parts of the country with imported goods from this noon,” he added.
Officer-in-Charge of the immigration check post (ICP) at HLP Md. Bodiuzzaman said movement of passport-visa holder citizens remained normal through the ICP during the period despite closure of import and export activities.
(BSS)