Accelerating Transport and Trade Connectivity in Eastern South Asia – Bangladesh Phase 1 Project
Sector: Road • Location: Bangladesh
Source: World Bank Group
The Project will support the modernization of transport and trade enabling infrastructure, systems and procedures in Bangladesh. It will include infrastructure facilities at Benapole, Bhomra, and Burimari land ports, Custom House, Chattogram and Customs, Excise and VAT Training Academy, Chattogram. The trade infrastructure will be premised on digitalization, contact-free and paper-free processing.
- Status
- Prospective
- Sector
- Road, Seaport, Forest Products and Packaging, Commercial, Government
- Location
- Bangladesh
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- World Bank Group
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Taiyo last update | 2026-07-22 |
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Description | The Project will support the modernization of transport and trade enabling infrastructure, systems and procedures in Bangladesh. It will include infrastructure facilities at Benapole, Bhomra, and Burimari land ports, Custom House, Chattogram and Customs, Excise and VAT Training Academy, Chattogram. The trade infrastructure will be premised on digitalization, contact-free and paper-free processing. The project will also support the development of an automated border management system coupled with support for streamlining border processes. and associated capacity building support to enable contemporary trade facilitation practices. The project will also finance the Sylhet – Charkhai - Sheola corridor which is a major road linking Sheola land port with Sylhet divisional headquarter. The road is part a strategic regional corridor, the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) corridor which extends from Kolkata, India to Kunming, China. |
Original sector | FY17 - Industry, Trade and Services,FY17 - Information and Communications Technologies,FY17 - Transportation |
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Country | Bangladesh |
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Source | World Bank Group |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Road, Seaport, Forest Products and Packaging, Commercial, Government |
Article published date | 2025-12-17 |
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