Dhaka, Jan. 31 -- Following a work stoppage at the Chittagong Port, four employees who led protests against the leasing of the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) to foreign operators have been transferred to the Pangaon Inland Container Terminal in Dhaka's Keraniganj.

An office order on Saturday instructed them to report to the Pangaon internal terminal on Sunday.

The transferred employees are: Md Humayun Kabir, audit assistant; Md Ibrahim Khokon, engine driver of the Marine Department; Anwarul Azim, senior accounts assistant; and Faridur Rahman from the Engineering Department.

Ibrahim is general secretary of the Port Nationalist Workers' Party; Humayun is its publicity secretary; Anwarul and Faridur are members.

Protests were held ...