Dhaka, Feb. 18 -- CHATTOGRAM, Feb 17: The Chittagong Port, the prime seaport of the country, got two fixed container scanners on Saturday.

State minister for shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury formally inaugurated the newly-imported container scanners at the gate number 4 of the port.

Addressing the inaugural function, he said, "At present, the country's businessmen are coming out of thinking of profit on the limited time. So, the trade and business is being pro-people now."

"Once Matarbari becomes a deep-sea port, we will move to a different height in the maritime sector. Mother vessels of 12m draft will arrive in the Bay Terminal," the state minister said.

"Trade and business will increase in future through the Chittagong seaport. So,...