Import-export to remain suspended at Hili port for 8 days

Import and export activities will remain suspended for eight days at a stretch through the Hili Land Port (HLP) in Hakimpur upazila of Dinajpur on the occasion of holy Eid-ul-Azha and weekly holidays.

General Secretary of the HLP Importers'-Exporters' Group Md. Mostafizur Rahman said import-export activities will remain suspended from July 9 (Saturday) to July 14 (Thursday) next on the occasion of the Eid-ul-Azha, reports BSS.

Besides, import-export activities will remain suspended through the land port on the weekly holidays (Fridays) on July 8 and July 15, respectively.

“Imports, exports, customs clearance, loading and unloading of the goods will resume again through the land port from July 16 next,” Rahman added.

Officer-in-Charge of the immigration check post at the port Md. Bodiuzzaman said movement of passport-visa holder citizens will remain normal during the period despite closure of import and export activities.