Date: Friday, 17, 2004
Teknaf,
“With the collaboration of police, Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), port
authorities, reporters, CNF agent, businessmen and local people, we got the
opportunity to earn such money from the border trade,” said the Custom Super in
Teknaf.
We earned income Tk.53, 66,80,923/- in the
2003-2004 fiscal year, from July 2003 to June 2004 within 12 months, he further
added.
In the year 2003, from January to June, in 6 months, they earned revenue
Tk.20, 41,14,923/- and in the year 2004, from January
to June, in six months, they made income Tk.
33,25,66,000/- from border trade.
But, in the year 2002, they got income only Tk.27, 01,13,449/-.
Teknaf Custom Super, Mr. Abdul Gafur,
after joining the office, border trade income is increased from that of
previous years, said a spokesperson from custom office.
Besides, from May 2003 to June 2004, in 14 months, they made revenue
Tk.40, 67,780/-from Shafari Dip (island), another
port land of Teknaf
Teknaf Custom Super said, “It is very essential to
us to arrange telephone facilities, available drinking water and to build
another jetty for traders.”
He also expects, if the shrimps of
When asked a trader of Maungaw Town of Arakan State about the income of Burma-Bangladesh border trade said, “ It is kept undisclosed, never exposed to public and it is the common phenomenon of SPDC.” ##
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