Upgrading Ctg port a must to strengthen economy: CA

Terming the Chattogram Port the heart of the country's economy, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday said upgrading of the port is very crucial to increase its capacity aiming to strengthen the economy.

"If the port facilities can be ensured, investors will come here," he told a meeting on the NCT-5 premises of the Chittagong Port.

Shipping Adviser Brigadier General (retd) M Sakhawat Hussain and Chittagong Port Authority Chairman Rear Admiral SM Moniruzzaman also spoke on the occasion.

The Chief Adviser said the Chattogram port must be built as one of the world's best ports to change the country's economy.

He said, “To enhance the capacity of the port, its management must be handed over to the world's top port operators.”

“If the port management is handed over to world top port operators, they will come up with modern technologies, creating more job opportunities for Bangladeshi people,” he noted.

“The port is now a small one, its size should be increased to a world size one,” he said, adding that without developing the port, it is quite impossible to change the country's economy.

The Chief Adviser visited different sections of the port and observed its operations.

The Chief Adviser arrived in his hometown Chattogram this morning for the first time after assuming office as the head of the interim government.