The Custom House on Saturday found rice, shemai and spices in a Thailand-bound shipment of ready-made garments (RMG) from the Chattogram port. The undeclared products were found in an export consignment of Jahanara Trading Corporation, a Chattogram-based livestock exporting company. Barrister Badruzzaman Munshi, deputy commissioner of Chattogram Custom House, told The Business
The silence was unusual for a place otherwise bustling with activities. It reminded one of the calm before a storm, of ominous signs of danger. Even then, nobody in their wildest imagination could measure the devastation and bloodshed it would lead to.