Trade through Benapole resumes
Export-import activities between Bangladesh and India through Benapole land port resumed yesterday noon after remaining suspended since Tuesday afternoon.
Trade was halted when India's Border Security Force (BSF) restricted the clearing and forwarding of both the countries to cross the border to submit documents on Tuesday, Kartik Chandra, general secretary of Petrapole Port C&F Welfare Association, told the Daily Star.
The BSF might have done it as part of an attempt to ensure security along the border for the ongoing visit of US President Donald Trump, said Uttam Chakma, assistant commissioner of Benapole Customs House.
A meeting between the representatives of the two neighbouring countries solved the problem and orders have been given to take necessary measures to start discharging goods as soon as possible, said Abdul Jalil, deputy director of the port.
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