Pahela Baishakh holiday: 8,475 tons of rice imported through Hili

While other land ports of the country were closed on Monday on the occasion of Pahela Baishakh, the Hili land port in Dinajpur remained open. 

On that day, 8,475 metric tons of rice was imported from India in 201 trucks, which is the highest amount of rice import in a single day in the last few days.

Nazmul Hossain, Assistant Revenue Officer at Hili Customs, the country's second largest land port, gave this information to risingbd.com on Tuesday (April 15) afternoon.

According to the information provided by this official, 6,227 metric tons of rice were imported from India on Saturday of this week in 147 trucks, 6,102 metric tons in 144 trucks on Sunday, and 8,475 metric tons in 201 trucks on Monday, the first day of Baishakh. 

3,617 metric tons of rice is scheduled to enter Bangladesh in 84 trucks on Tuesday.

He said, the rice import period will end on April 15. However, the Ministry of Commerce can extend the period.