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The Benapole Border Crossing also known as the Petrapole Crossing (Bengali: বেনাপোল বর্ডার ক্রসিং বা পেট্রাপোল ক্রসিং, Hindi: बेनापोल सीमा पार या पेट्रापोल क्रॉसिंग) is an international border crossing between Benapole, Jessore, Bangladesh, and Petrapole ...
The Petrapole-Benapole border ceremony takes place every evening from 16:30 to 17:00. 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 ...
Benapole–Petrapole border ceremony at the India-Bangladesh border crossing site is a beating retreat flag ceremony jointly held by the military of both nations every day at 6 pm, which is open to the public as tourist attractions. [59] [60] No special permit or ticket is needed. India has similar border ceremonies with other nations.
Benapole (Bengali: বেনাপোল) is a township in Sharsha Upazila in the Jessore District of Bangladesh. The Petrapole Customs station of India is situated across the border and since 1971 (some sources say 1947), many people have travelled between Bangladesh and India through Benapole Customs / Land port station.
Petrapole is the Indian side of Petrapole-Benapole border checkpoint between India and Benapole of Bangladesh, on the Bangladesh-India border, near Bongaon in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Petrapole border is the only land port in south Bengal. It is also the largest land customs station in Asia. [1]
At least 264 Myanmar border guards and police, some of them wounded, have fled to Bangladesh over the last few days, Shariful Islam, a spokesman for Bangladesh's Border Guard said on Tuesday.
N711 or Benapole Town bypass road is a national highway. It starts from Benapole Town Gate and ends at Benapole Border Crossing where it meets NH 112 at no mans land. [ 2 ]
More than 100 members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police have fled their posts and taken shelter in Bangladesh to escape fighting between Myanmar security forces and an ethnic minority army, an ...