, April 22 -- Shipping Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam on Wednesday told Parliament that the government has no plan to hand over the Chittagong Port to any foreign operator.

"There is no plan to hand over the Chittagong Port to any foreign operator," he said, while replying to a tabled question from treasury bench member Shahadat Hossain (Lakshmipur-1) in the House.

Earlier, Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad tabled the question-and-answer session for the ministers on the completion of the question-and-answer session for the Prime Minister at the beginning of the Wednesday's sitting of Parliament.

The shipping minister clarified that operators are appointed only for operating terminals of a port in case of arrangements specified or approved by the ...