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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.
The Radcliffe Line was published on 17 August 1947 as a boundary demarcation line between the dominions of India and Pakistan upon the partition of India.It was named after its architect, Sir Cyril Radcliffe, who, as chairman of the Border Commissions, was charged with equitably dividing 450,000 square kilometres (175,000 sq mi) of territory with 88 million people based on religious lines. [2]
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.
DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh's president dissolved parliament on Tuesday, clearing the way for an interim government and new elections, a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled ...
Sharsha is located at It has 82,835 households and an area of 336.28 km 2.. Sharsha Upazila is bounded by Bagdah CD Block in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, India and Chaugachha, upazila on the north, Jhikargachha upazila on the east, Kalaroa upazila of Satkhira district on the south and Bangaon and Gaighata CD Blocks in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, India, on the west.
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]
Benapole Land Port, is the largest land port of Bangladesh located in Benapole town of Sharsha Upazila in the Jessore District. This port is used to export-import good with India through Benapole-Petrapole border. [1] This port is governed by Bangladesh Land Port Authority. [2] About 90% of the imported Indian goods enter Bangladesh through ...