Travel of passengers between Bangladesh and India through Chapainawabganj’s Sonamasjid land port resumed on Thursday after three years’ of suspension.
Indian Assistant High Commissioner in Rajshahi Manoj Kumar inaugurated the operation of Sonamasjid check post by cutting a ribbon.
Passengers of both countries having passports will be able to travel through the check post from now on.
A 25-memebr Bangladeshi delegation led by Chapainawabganj Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Abdul Wahed went to India through the check post on the first day.
Travelling of passengers through the landport was stopped on March 15, 2020due to the outbreak of Covid-19.
However, the export and import activities through Sonamasjid land port in the district remained normal during the pandemic.
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Lawmakers Md Ziaur Rahman, Dr Samil Uddin Ahmed Shimul and Ferdousi Islam Jessy, Zilla Parishad Chairman and freedom fighter Ruhul Amin, Chapainawabganj Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Abdul Wahed and Sonamasjid land port’s C&F Agent Association President Ismail Hossain were, among others, present at the inaugural ceremony.