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Benapole (Bengali: বেনাপোল) is a town at Sharsha Upazila in the Jessore District of Bangladesh. The Petrapole Customs station of India is situated across the border and since 1947, many people have travelled between Bangladesh and India through Benapole Customs / Land port station. This is one of important rail Transit point of ...
On 9 November 2017, Nearly 10 years after Kolkata-Dhaka passenger train was flagged off after a gap of 43 years, a new train – Bandhan Express – was inaugurated between Kolkata and Khulna in Bangladesh (via Petrapole and Benapole), covering a distance of about 172 km. This is a weekly train and runs on Thursdays from both sides.
Benapole land port is used for importing goods from India to Bangladesh. It is proposed to construct this expressway with 6 lanes connects the land port with Bhanga Upazila to increase the capacity of international commercial activities.
The Bangladeshi government has often accused the BSF of incursions into Bangladeshi territory, and indiscriminate shooting of civilians along the India–Bangladesh border. In a news conference in August 2008, Indian BSF officials admitted that they killed 59 illegals (34 Bangladeshis, 21 Indians, 4 unidentified) who were trying to cross the ...
Jagonews24.com is an online Bengali language news portal in Bangladesh. [1] [2] Launched on 10 May 2014, the portal is owned by AKC Private Limited.As of July 2021, Similar Web ranked the website 1,351 worldwide and 8th in Bangladesh [3] which is the 13th among the news-related websites in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh won independence on Dec. 16, 1971, with the help of neighboring India. Bangladesh says 3 million people died, 200,000 women were raped and nearly 1 million people fled to India during ...
This joint retreat ceremony of 30 minutes resulting in lowering of national flags of India and Bangladesh is jointly conducted by BSF (Border Security Force) and BGB (Border Guard Bangladesh). [3] The "Wagah of the East" as it is known, the Petrapole-Benapole border ceremony starts off with opening of gates on India and Bangladesh side. [4]
The Bangladesh Land Ports Authority falls under the Ministry of Shipping. It was created in 2001 and manages 13 land ports including Benapole Land Port. [2] [3] Tapan Kumar Chakravarty is the present chairman of the authority. [4]