Trade resumes through Banglabandha land port
Trade through the Banglabandha land port resumed on Saturday after remaining suspended for 12 days marking Eid-ul-Azha.
Abul Kalam Azad, in-charge of the port, said all trade resumed in full swing from around 11:00am.
The port had been shut since July 19 marking Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals of Muslims.
Azad told The Daily Star over the phone that 10 float glass-laden trucks meant for export to Nepal passed through while 216 trucks carrying imports from India and Bhutan came in yesterday.
Of the trucks coming in, 40 were carrying stone, 79 maize, two mustard cakes, three wheat and two wheat bran from India while 90 stone from Bhutan.
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