(BSS)- Shipping Adviser Brigadier General (retd) M Sakhawat Hussain has said the government will not take any action concerning the country’s principal sea port that is contrary to national interests.

Talking to journalists at his office today he said, “the government is inquiring against their persons who are involved in the current situation of Chattogram Port.”

Due to the prevailing situation, port operations are being disrupted, and Chattogram Port authorities are working on the issue, he said.

The adviser said the ministry supports whatever is beneficial in the greater interest of the port and the country.

Calling upon everyone to keep the port operational in the national interest, he said that the situation that has arisen at the port is causing suffering to general public. The issue that led to create present situation is undesirable, he added.

Ahead of Ramadan, he said a section of traders are hatching conspiracy to increase commodity prices by stockpiling goods in lighter vessels in the offshore.

He said mobile courts are being conducted daily by the Department of Shipping and all relevant agencies were engaged to take action against such illegal activities.