Ctg port golden handshake begins

Under the programme, some 1,500 dock-workers will be retrenched, port sources said.

The Chittagong Port Authority launched the programme as many dock-workers were found inefficient or invalid due to old age complications.

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Many were also found to allow outsiders to work as "substitute workers" using their booking numbers keeping the authorities in the dark, sources said.

The programme is scheduled to continue till April 30.

Meanwhile, the authorities arrested one fake worker identified as Md Rafiq for giving proxy of one registered dock-worker Harunur Rashid.

Besides, 48 dock-workers remained absent from the work yesterday.

The port authorities suspected them as fake workers and decided to slash one-day salary from each of them.