If these bodies are empowered and supported legally, there is no need to outsource port operations to a foreign firm,” Mirza Aziz said. INFLATION SQUEEZING THE POORAddressing Bangladesh's ongoing inflation crisis, Mirza Aziz said rising prices are disproportionately affecting the country’s poorest citizens. “We talk of a contractionary budget due to falling revenues,” Mirza Aziz said in the interview. Mirza Aziz noted that in some cases, funds are released even before actual work is completed, leading to poor-quality outcomes. “After years of efforts, only a fraction was recovered.”On the government’s controversial proposal to outsource the management of Chattogram Port to foreign companies, Mirza Aziz pushed back.
