Teknaf Land Port aka ''Teknaf Port'' is one of the major ports in Bangladesh. It is located at

Teknaf Teknaf () is a municipality of Teknaf Upazila of Cox's Bazar District in south-eastern Bangladesh. It forms the southernmost point in mainland Bangladesh ( St. Martin's Island is the southernmost point). The name of the region comes from the Naf ...

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. The

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side of the port is known as Maungdaw Port.

History

In 5 September 1995, border trade opened. The

Maungdaw Maungdaw (, ) is a town in Rakhine State, in the western part of Myanmar (Burma). It is the administrative seat of Maungdaw Township and Maungdaw District. Bordering Bangladesh, Maungdaw is home to one of 2 official border trade posts with Bang ...

border started as a customs station from both side by the

and

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. In 2003 the Teknaf custom office was upgraded to Teknaf land Port. And in 2006,

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took over the port under an agreement with the

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References

{{reflist Government agencies of Bangladesh Organisations based in Chittagong 2003 establishments in Bangladesh 1995 establishments in Bangladesh