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N715 or Satkhira–Bhomra Highway is a national Highway of Bangladesh which is connected Satkhira to Bhomra Port. [1] It starts at Khulna road Intersection and ends at Bangladesh India Boarder where its meets NH 312 .
The journey is 12.5 hours long, 80 km (50 mi) from India side and 300 km (186 mi) into Bangladesh. [2] From India to Bangladesh there are services also provided by private comfortable a/c buslines (using Volvo and other luxurious Intercity bus transports) via the Haridaspur, North 24 Parganas / Benapole border post.
Phulbari also known as Fulbari is a road border crossing for vehicles and people on the India-Bangladesh border and a proposed municipality in Rajganj community development block in Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The Bangladesh side of the border crossing is Banglabandha.
Banglabandha (also spelled Banglabandh) is a major inland port in northern Bangladesh established to provide a trade link with India, Nepal and Bhutan. [1] The three nations are separated by 52 km (32 mi) of Indian territory, known as the Siliguri Corridor.
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]
Atlas Bangladesh Limited was established in 1966 by Shirazi Group with support from Honda Motor Company Limited. [3] [4] After the independence of Bangladesh, the company was nationalised by the Government of Bangladesh. In 1987, the company was converted to a Public Limited Company. [3]
This road built at a cost of ৳456 crore was inaugurated on 5 May 2017. [5] On 28 June 2022 Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved the widening project of the road. [6] At least ten parts of the road were damaged by a storm in August 2023 and at one point part of the road disappeared into the sea. [1]
In September 2012, A joint venture deal was signed between Honda and Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation to form Honda's first Bangladeshi subsidiary Bangladesh Honda Private Limited (BHL) . Honda has 70% stake in the joint venture. After then, Honda committed to set up a motorcycle manufacturing plant in the country.