Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- Container transport operations at Chattogram Port resumed this afternoon after nearly two days of disruption, as the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) agreed to revoke its controversial gate pass fee hike.

The breakthrough came following a meeting between CPA officials and leaders of transport owners and workers on Sunday.

Chowdhury Zafar Ahammad, secretary general of the Bangladesh Transport Owners Association, said the CPA had accepted their demand to withdraw the increased fee and restore the previous rate. "Since our demand has been met, we have withdrawn the strike," he told the media.Confirming the decision, CPA Secretary Mohammad Omar Faruk said the authority had "decided to suspend the new gate pass fee following...