The Chittagong Port workers and employees have called another 24-hour strike in protest against the lease of the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) to a foreign company. On Monday, port workers observed an eight-hour strike from 8am to 4pm. Earlier, the port’s nationalist labour group had called similar eight-hour strikes on Saturday and Sunday to oppose the handover of NCT operations to UAE-based operator DP World. Saturday’s strike had disrupted port operations significantly. At a rally in front of the port building on Tuesday afternoon, Council Coordinator and General Secretary of the Port Nationalist Labour Group Md Ibrahim Khokon announced the fresh 24-hour strike plan.

Source: bd News24 February 02, 2026 13:54 UTC