Sonamasjid land port closed for 10 days
Export and import activities at Sonamasjid land port in Chapainawabganj will remain closed for 10 days from September 20 to 29 due to Eid-ul-Fitr and Durga Puja.
Port sources said the export and import activities through the two ports of Sonamasjid and Mohodipur of Maldah district in West Bengal will remain closed from September 20 to 24 for Eid-ul-Fitr and from September 26 to 29 for Durga Puja and the Friday, a weekly holiday, in two ports of Bangladesh and India.
As a result of the holidays, the port authorities will incur a revenue loss of about Tk 6 crore.
Assistant Commissioner of Customs at Sonamasjid land port Mahbubul Alam told The Daily Star that the businessmen of the two countries have jointly decided to observe a 10-day holiday for Eid and Puja.
The offices of customs and immigration and other offices will however open on September 24 although the export-import activities will remain closed.
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