Dhaka, July 2 -- Shipping Adviser M Sakhawat Hossain on Wednesday said no agreement compromising national interests will be signed with any foreign entity.

"There's been no deal with any foreign company to operate Chittagong Port so far. The present government will never sign any anti-state contract," he said while talking to reporters after a meeting on Chittagong Port management at the Ministry of Shipping in the afternoon.

He also said ports in Europe and other developed countries are efficiently run by global port management companies like DP World and AD Ports.

"To boost the country's export-import trade, further efficiency is needed in Chattogram Port's operations. CPA is working to upgrade port operations to international standa...