Special efforts to keep Benapole port open during Ramadan

The authorities of Benapole Customs House have decided to keep the port open all the day during Ramadan with the help of non-Muslim officials and workers with effect from yesterday.

During Ramadan, Muslim employees take intervals twice a day for Sehri and Iftar to eat something before dawn and after dusk respectively.

Non-Muslim employees should come forward in these two intervals to keep the port up and running round the clock, Benapole Customs Commissioner Mohammad Belal Hossain Chowdhury said in a directive sent to the custom house.

The directive came as the custom house could not keep the port open 24 hours a day despite the previous call of the National Board of Revenue due to non-cooperation of different departments.

The port remains closed on Friday.