Chattogram Port resumes operations as Sitrang weakens

Chattogram Port, the country‍‍`s main gateway, has resumed its operations after cyclonic storm "Sitrang" has become very weak. 

Ships, which had gone into the open sea during the cyclone, started returning to the jetty around 9:00 am on Tuesday, said a port official.

No damage was caused to the port due the cyclone, he added.

The port was evacuated as a precautionary measure before the cyclone hit the coast early on Tuesday.

On Monday morning the port took its own level-type precautionary measures following the issuance of cautionary signal number seven by the Meteorological Department. 

The loading-unloading of goods from the mother vessels at the outer anchorage and jetties of the port were also halted.