Amidst fears of the so-called ‘Indian variant’ of the coronavirus and black fungus spreading in the bordering district, Bangladesh has suspended all import and export activities through the Banglabandha Land Port for five days.
Media reports maintained this while adding that the President of the Panchagarh Import-Export Association, Mehedi Hasan Khan Babla, on 30 May (Sunday), announced the suspension through a letter signed and issued in this direction even as the letter, reportedly, added that trading will resume on 4 June.
It may be mentioned here that Banglabandha is Bangladesh’s only quadrilateral land port, which continued trade with India, Nepal and Bhutan even after the border closure — Bangladesh’s border with India has remained shut since 26 April amidst a surge in the COVID-19 infection in the neighbouring country to prevent movement of passengers — even as trucks carrying cargoes were allowed to operate.
