UP Polls: Exports, imports suspended at Hili land port

Import and export activities between India and Bangladesh through the Hili land port were suspended on Wednesday as the Upazila Parishad (UP) election is underway at Hakimpur upazila of Dinajpur district.

However, cross-border travel was open through the immigration checkpost of the land port, according to local media reports.

The cross-border trades through the land port will resume from Tuesday morning, said Mostafizur Rahman, general secretary of Importers and Exporters Group of Hili Land Port.

He said that the first phase of the sixth upazila parishad election is underway in 139 upazilas across the country.