Chapainawabganj-Sonamasjid land port closes for 8 days

Import and export activities in Chapainawabganj-Sonamasjid land port has been closed for eight days on the occasion of Shab-e-Qadr and Eid-ul-Fitr.

However, immigration services will remain open for passport holders using the land port during that period.

Sonamasjid Customs Station Assistant Commissioner, Billal Hossain, said: "Immigration activities will continue normally but the commercial activities of the port will remain closed till June 9.” 

Sonamasjid Customs Clearing and Forwarding (C&F) Agents Association issued a letter to India’s Mahadipur customs authority confirming the eight-day shutdown, he added.