Durga Puja: Trade through Hili, Banglabandha land ports halted for 6 days

Durga Puja: Trade through Hili, Banglabandha land ports halted for 6 days

Export and import activities through Dinajpur's Hili and Panchagarh's Banglabandha land ports will remain suspended for six days starting from today, for Durga Puja -- biggest religious festival of Bangalee Hindus.

The land ports' activities will resume from October 17.

Hili Land Port Import-Export Group President, Harun Ur Rashid, confirmed the development saying, "Only immigration activities will be on at Hili land port. All other activities will remain suspended."

Abul Kalam Azad, in-charge of Banglabandha Land Port, said that passport-holder travellers will be able to travel through Banglabandha land port in both directions as usual.