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Chittagong port posted a 3.32 percent growth in container handling in 2019, the slowest in seven years, pointing to a slowdown in economic activities.
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Unloading of imported bulk cargo from the outer anchorage of Chattogram port and different private jetties (ghats) across the country, as well as transport of previously-unloaded goods by lighter vessels through inland water routes remained suspended since early hours of yesterday, due to a wildcat work abstention enforced by a section of water transport workers.
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Unloading of 32 lakh tonnes of imported goods from 1,343 cargo vessels remain suspended across the country due to the work abstention enforced by water transport workers since this midnight.
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Business owners in Chattogram port feared that bulk cargo management would be disrupted, putting an impact on the supply chain, as a faction of water transport workers announced work abstention for an indefinite period since yesterday midnight.
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Prices of onion at Khatunganj, one of the biggest wholesale essentials markets, saw a downward trend in the last three days as supply increased.
