A rally in Chattogram has alleged that plans to hand over the city’s port terminals to foreign companies are part of “a long-term imperialist conspiracy” centred on Bangladesh’s hill regions. It was organised to oppose what the organisers called a “plot” to hand over profitable Chattogram Port terminals to foreign firms. Freedom fighter and Gonomukti Union President Raja Miah said, “Chattogram Port is profitable and fully capable of managing its operations. BaSaD (Marxist) District Coordinator Shafiuddin Kabir Abid said, “An interim government has neither the authority nor the justification to lease out port terminals. The one port that handles most of our imports and exports should never be handed over to foreign companies.”
