August 11: The Phulbari-Banglabandh checkpoint, a crucial trade route connecting Nepal, India, and Bhutan, has resumed normal operations. This reopening has significantly improved the flow of imports and exports to and from Bangladesh.

According to Subas Pandey, Chief of the Nepal Transit and Warehousing Company Limited Office in Kakarvitta, containers that were previously stationed in Kakarvitta are now en route to Bangladesh since August 7.

Similarly, consignments from the Bangladeshi border have started moving toward Nepal.

Pandey said that since the formation of the interim government in Bangladesh, trade between the two countries has become more streamlined.

In the fiscal year 2023/24, Nepal exported goods worth Rs 463.18 million to Bangladesh and imported goods worth Rs 3.83 billion from Bangladesh.