Originally posted in The Daily Star on 23 November 2025
‘APPOINTMENT SHOULD BE TIME-BOUND’
Mustafizur Rahman, distinguished fellow of local think tank Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), said improving port efficiency is a must for global competitiveness.
He said that decisions on major infrastructure must be transparent and open to public scrutiny, arguing that secrecy has fuelled doubts.
The CPD fellow called for competitive processes and said any foreign management should be time-bound and structured to build national capacity.
“Even if we allow foreign operators, it should be time-bound and structured in a way that helps build our national capacity so that we can eventually take over these operations ourselves,” he said.
