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CUSTOMS HOUSES-OPEN
Customs houses to remain open on holidays
DHAKA, March 30, 2020 (BSS) – All the customs houses and customs
stations will remain open during the government declared holidays in limited
scale.
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) today issued an order in this regard
to conduct the operations of the all customs houses and customs stations in
limited scale in a bid to facilitate the realization of duty of imported
necessary essential items, emergency medical and other services, their
offloading as well as continuing the operations of export and EPZ.
The order mentioned that the import of necessary essential items,
emergency medical and other services, raw materials of the industries as well
as imports by the government, private and the autonomous bodies will enjoy
this facility.
The government earlier declared a 10-day holiday from March 26 to April
4, 2020 in a bid to stop the spread of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).
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