Shipping Adviser Brigadier General (Retd) Dr M  Sakhawat Hussain. File Photo

DHAKA, Feb 8, 2025 (BSS) - Shipping Adviser Brigadier General (Retd) Dr M 
Sakhawat Hussain today said the government has a plan to construct a land 
port in Ghumdhum of Naikhongchhari upazila under Bandarban district, as he 
visited the possible site.

"I've seen the border road. I've seen the site for the construction of a land 
port. There are plans for this," he said while talking to the media during 
the inspection of the site.

He added, "We'll look into the future and see whether a land port can be 
built there." 

The Shipping Adviser said that the land route is more convenient than the sea 
route with Myanmar's Rakhine State and the Trans-Asian road in Ghumdhum is 
easy for the two countries for communication.

"We have a port in Teknaf with Myanmar, and I'll look at that place," he 
added.

Regarding the trade deficit, Sakhawat Hussain said, "You know why there was a 
deficit with Myanmar...Import of goods had decreased slightly due to the 
conflict inside Myanmar, and it will return to normalcy depending on the 
situation." 

Bangladesh Land Port Authority Chairman Manzarul Mannan, Cox's Bazar 
Additional Deputy Commissioner Md. Abdullah Yamin, and Cox's Bazar 34 BGB 
Commander Lieutenant Colonel Md. Faruk Hossain Khan, among others, were 
present.