Bangladesh Sthala Bandar Kartripaksha (BSBK)

(BANGLADESH LAND PORT AUTHORITY)

T.C.B Bhaban (5^th Floor)

Kawran Bazar, Dhaka-1215

AT A GLANCE 

1.         Introduction:

Trade and commercial activities between Bangladesh and the neighbouring countries have increased manifold. In order to ease movement of import and export items through land ports, the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh has established Bangladesh Land Port Authority vide S.R.O.-166-Act/2001 dated: 16-06-2001 (Act no-20 of 2001) to run, manage, develop, extend and maintain cargo handling at land ports.

2.         Functions:

1. Management, operation, development, extension and maintenance of land ports and activities connected thereto.
2. Receiving cargo/ goods, warehousing and clearance of goods and maintenance of services for allied activities.
3. Collection of toll, revenue, VAT and other charges as per tariff schedule approved by the Government and rates to be fixed subject to Government approval.
4. Development and operation of land ports on Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis. The executing agency and/ or the Line Ministry, and the wining tenderer/ the project company shall enter into a contract for a project. The contract document enclosed with the tender document spells out in detail, the rights and obligations of the executing agency, the Government and the project company.

3.         Manpower:

The Management of the Authority vests in a Board consisting of one chairman, three full-time members and three part-time members. It has 43 class-I officers, 17 class-II officers, 189 class III staff, 40 class IV staff and 11 contingent staff, i.e total 300 staff and officers.

4.         Description of the Ports:

13 Land Custom Stations (L.C.S.) such as Benapole, Banglabandha, Burimari, Hili, Sonamasjid, Tamabil, Akhaura, Haluaghat, Darshana, Birol, Bhomra, Bibirbazar and Teknaf have been declared as Land Ports and placed under Land Port Authority  for management and control.

5.         Development of Ports on BOT Basis:

BSBK has already issued letter of intent to five private operators for discharging its developmental and operational functions under the provisions of BSBK Ordinance, 2001 (Act. no. 20). They have already taken steps to develop five land ports namely Hili, Sonamosjid, Birol, Bibirbazar and Banglabandha through private operators. The rest of the ports will be given to private operators at the second phase. Teknaf at present is under lease agreement with Univan Ltd. which will expire by November, 2005.

6.         Benapole:

At present Bangladesh Land Port Authority is running the overall operations of the Benapole land port. It has got about 45 acres of land which has 30 godowns having capacity of receiving 21,500 metric tons of cargo. It has a Truck-Terminal which can keep 1000 trucks. Loading and unloading of cargo from 100 trucks at a time could be done at the transhipment yard.

7.       Cargo Handling at Benapole Land Port :

8.       Conclusion :  

As an when all the 13 Land Ports will be operated, regional and international trade will increase between Bangladesh and India, Myanmar, Nepal and Bhutan. This will generate employment of Bangladeshi people and alleviate poverty. Moreover, if the ports are developed on BOT basis, growth will be higher to the National Economy.

Contact Person:

Director ( Admn.)

Telephone no: 880 2 9558140

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