Bangladesh
Bangladesh-India Bangladesh to keep borders closed with India for 14 more days
Dhaka, May 30, 2021: The government has decided to extend the deadline for land border closure with India for another 14 days till June 14 to prevent coronavirus infection.
On Saturday night (May 29), a senior foreign ministry official said, "It has been decided in the meeting with India to close the land border. The border closure will remain in force for another 14 days."
During the meeting, it was decided to stop the return of Bangladeshis from India through the Sonamukhi port of Chapainawabganj, the official said, adding, "Corona infection is more prevalent in Chapainawabganj." So for now, it has been decided to stop the return of Bangladeshis to the country with Sonamukhi port. So far only 6 people have returned through that port. Everyone is in strict quarantine there. '
Due to the Corona situation in India, Bangladesh closed all land borders with the country for 14 days on April 26. However, Bangladeshi nationals detained in the country whose visas were valid for 15 days or less were given the opportunity to return to the country on the condition of a 14-day mandatory quarantine.
In this case, after closing the land border of Bangladesh with India in the first phase, Bangladeshis got the opportunity to enter the country through Benapole, Akhaura and Burimari land ports. Later, however, the government allowed Bangladeshi nationals to return from India through the three ports of Darshana, Hili and Sonamukhi.
In the first phase, the 14-day closure of all land borders with India ended on May 9. In the second phase, the land border closure period was extended for another 14 days. After that, in the third phase, the period of land border closure was extended for another 7 days till May 31.
