Import and export activities will remain suspended for eight days from tomorrow through Hili Land Port (HLP) in Hakimpur upazila of Dinajpur on occasion of the Durga Puja festivity.

“Import-export activities would remain suspended through the land port from September 30 (Friday) to October 7 (Friday) next,” said General Secretary of the Customs, Clearing and Forwarding Agents Association (CC and FAA) of HLP Jamil Hossain Cholonto.

He said imports, exports, customs clearance, loading and unloading of the goods will resume again through the land port from October 8 next after the vacation marking the greatest religious festival Durga Puja of the Sanaton community.

Officer-in-Charge of the immigration check post (ICP) at the HLP Md. Badiuzzaman said movement of passport-visa holder citizens will remain normal through the ICP during the period despite closure of import and export activities.