Business activities through Hili port suspended on Christmas Day

Export and import activities between Bangladesh and India through Dinajpur’s Hili land port remained suspended on the occasion of the Christmas Day on Wednesday, reports UNB. 

However, movement of travellers with valid documents including passports remains functional.

Shahinur Islam, general secretary of the Hili Customs C&F Agents Association, said traders from the both countries decided to keep the import and export halted marking Christmas Day as today is a public holiday.

Besides, load and unload inside the land ports remained off, he said, adding that the business activities between the countries would resume from Thursday.

Hili Immigration Checkpost’s Officer-in-Charge Ariful Islam said the movement of travellers remains as usual as there is no connection with suspension of the port’s business activities.