First-ever container cargo from Kolkata via Bangladesh port reaches Agartala

An official and a port worker check the documents and the truck entering India through Akhaura Checkpost from Bangladesh at Agartala, the capital city of India's northeastern state of Tripura, July 23, 2020. A container cargo was transported between two Indian states through a port situated in Bangladesh on Thursday in order to save distance and time, announced the Ministry of External Affairs spokesman Anurag Srivastava. "The first time ever movement of container cargo from Kolkata (the capital city of West Bengal state) to Agartala (capital of Tripura state) through the Chattogram Port was successfully concluded," he added. (Str/Xinhua)