Chittagong Bureau :
UAE Cargo Owners Association, Chitagong demanded exemptions of demurrage over imported cargos brought under baggage rules at Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport .
The association leaders urged upon the Prime Minister to intervene the matter of demurrage exemptions over their consignment brought under baggage rules at a press conference held at Chittagong Press Club auditorium yesterday morning .
President of the Association Anowarul Ashraf Chowdhury readout the written statement before the media men in the press meet. The press meet was told that following detention of consignments under baggage rule at Chittagong Airport , several cases have been lodged against the Bangladeshi expatriates in 7 states of Middle East and some of the expatriates now under jail custody in ME countries and a number of concerned expatriates are now fugitive there.
President of Expatriate Welfare Council Syed Musleh Uddin in the press meet urges intervention over the matter by the Prime Minister .
He also said PM always enquires the welfare of the expatriates and earmarked the expatriates as golden men. He also mentioned that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina like as our mother and she always kind to the welfare of the expatriates. The president of the UAE Cargo Owners Association demanded the solutions of the matter by exempting demurrage at airport and formulation of new expatriate friendly baggage rules immediately.
The press meet was also told that 50 lakh Bangladeshi are engaged in different professions in middle east countries and most of the expatriate could not turn home regularly due to low paid employee there . So to feed back the demands of their family members in Bangladesh, these expatriate sometimes send different household materials etc to their family members by air cargo.
Mentionable that for the last four months, these expatriates are being deprived of their facilities . The leaders of the COA and EWC in the press meet demanded to release the baggage cargos from Chittagong Airport after paying regular routine charges exempting the demurrage charges of airport warehouse.
UAE Cargo Owners Association, Chitagong demanded exemptions of demurrage over imported cargos brought under baggage rules at Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport .
The association leaders urged upon the Prime Minister to intervene the matter of demurrage exemptions over their consignment brought under baggage rules at a press conference held at Chittagong Press Club auditorium yesterday morning .
President of the Association Anowarul Ashraf Chowdhury readout the written statement before the media men in the press meet. The press meet was told that following detention of consignments under baggage rule at Chittagong Airport , several cases have been lodged against the Bangladeshi expatriates in 7 states of Middle East and some of the expatriates now under jail custody in ME countries and a number of concerned expatriates are now fugitive there.
President of Expatriate Welfare Council Syed Musleh Uddin in the press meet urges intervention over the matter by the Prime Minister .
He also said PM always enquires the welfare of the expatriates and earmarked the expatriates as golden men. He also mentioned that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina like as our mother and she always kind to the welfare of the expatriates. The president of the UAE Cargo Owners Association demanded the solutions of the matter by exempting demurrage at airport and formulation of new expatriate friendly baggage rules immediately.
The press meet was also told that 50 lakh Bangladeshi are engaged in different professions in middle east countries and most of the expatriate could not turn home regularly due to low paid employee there . So to feed back the demands of their family members in Bangladesh, these expatriate sometimes send different household materials etc to their family members by air cargo.
Mentionable that for the last four months, these expatriates are being deprived of their facilities . The leaders of the COA and EWC in the press meet demanded to release the baggage cargos from Chittagong Airport after paying regular routine charges exempting the demurrage charges of airport warehouse.
