Hili land port is situated at

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Dinajpur Dinajpur ( bn, দিনাজপুর ) is a city and the District headquarters of Dinajpur district situated in Rangpur Division, Bangladesh. It was founded in 1786. It is located 413 km north-west of Dhaka in Bangladesh. It is bound ...

district, on the Bangladesh-India border.

Land Port

Hili Land Port covers an area of 10,000 acres and has a storage capacity of 10,000 MT. In 1985–86, the Hili customs station was established for export-import business between Bangladesh and

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. Later in 1996, it was declared by the government a full-fledged customs station. In 2005, the government handed over the port for private management. On November, 2007 Panama Hili Port Link Limited took lease the port for 25 years. On the Indian side, the land port and border check post is at Hili, Dakshin Dinajpur. Intergovernmental Agreement on Dry Ports is a 2013

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designed to promote the cooperation of the development of

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s in the Asia-Pacific region.

Revenue earned

The port earned revenue of Tk85 crore in the first six months of current fiscal year 2012–13, exceeding the annual target Tk55 crore by 150 per cent.

References

Dinajpur District, Bangladesh {{Bangladesh-geo-stub