Twenty years ago, prime minister Khaleda Zia ordered a
solution to the cargo crisis. Caretaker government chief Fakhruddin Ahmed
followed the same path. Later, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina deployed
everyone from ministers and principal secretaries to secretaries to address the
cargo problem. One committee after another was formed and recommendations were
made, but no progress followed. Cargo handling at Hazrat Shahjalal
International Airport remains in the same state as before. The...