Dhaka, Nov. 10 -- The High Court today (9 November) suspended for one month the 41percent tariff hike recently introduced by the Chattogram Port Authority (CPA).
Along with the stay order, the court issued a rule asking why the tariff increase should not be scrapped permanently. The bench of Justice Kazi Zinat Hoque and Justice Aynun Nahar Siddiqua issued the order after a primary hearing on a writ petition filed by the Bangladesh Maritime Law Society (BMLS).
The court directed the shipping secretary, the CPA chairman, and other relevant officials to comply with the order and submit their responses within four weeks.
The CPA implemented the revised tariff from midnight on 14 October its first tariff adjustment since 1986 despite repeated...