Bangladesh, Feb. 16 -- Customs Department of National Board of Revenue (NBR) has re-opened green and red channels at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) aiming to facilitate trade and passenger traffic and improve passenger service.
NBR chairman Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan inaugurated the two channels on Thursday.
There was green channel earlier through which both types of passengers passed. But it became inactive about five years ago, the NBR chairman said, adding: "If there is no channel, sometimes our officers even open 30 per cent baggage instead of 10 per cent, much to the harassment of passengers after a hectic travel."
Speaking on the occasion, he said the main objective of installation of green and red channels is to faci...