Strike fallout: Backlog at Ctg port may take a week to clear
Queues of goods-carrying vehicles stretched nearly 20km by early hours of yesterday
20 October 2025, 18:49 PM
Strikes at Ctg port end but leave scars
Ships leave half-empty, import deliveries fall
19 October 2025, 18:09 PM
Closure of Pacific Jeans factories may hurt overall denim exports
The export of denim products from Bangladesh is expected to face significant disruption as the country’s largest denim manufacturer, Pacific Jeans Group, has indefinitely shut down all eight of its factories in the Chattogram Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) following days of violent worker protests.
18 October 2025, 18:41 PM
Ctg port fee hike: Transport owners’ indefinite strike halts cargo
Transport of import and export cargo as well as containers to and from Chattogram port came to a standstill since yesterday morning as transport owners enforced a wildcat strike for an indefinite period protesting a fourfold hike in vehicle entry fee by the authority.
18 October 2025, 18:25 PM
Factory gutted in CEPZ blaze lacked fire safety
The eight-storey factory building at the Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ), which was completely destroyed in a massive fire on Thursday afternoon, had structural flaws and lacked a mandatory fire safety plan, according to fire service officials.
17 October 2025, 22:00 PM
Factory gutted in CEPZ blaze lacked fire safety
Say officials; fire brought under control after 17 hours
17 October 2025, 16:05 PM
Port tariff hike sparks ripple effects
The situation would be aggravated by a 60 percent charge hike by the inland container depots
15 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Shipping line raises fees after Ctg port tariff hike
The government announced a 41 percent average increase in service charges on September 14
7 October 2025, 18:00 PM
New era begins as Ctg port sees bigger ships berth
A vessel with 10 metres draught berthed at a jetty of the Chattogram port for the first time yesterday, a major leap forward as the movement of larger ships is expected to cut costs and save time.
16 January 2023, 02:00 AM
Amnesty to bring back black money yields no result
The maiden tax amnesty offered by the government to bring back laundered money home has seemed to have brought no result since none secured the facility in the first six months of the current fiscal year.
8 January 2023, 02:30 AM
Half of Ctg port container jetties remain vacant as import falls
Ending 2022 with negative growth in container throughput, the Chattogram port had almost half of its container jetties vacant as the new year rolled in.
6 January 2023, 03:00 AM
KDS Logistics remains top container handler for fifth year
KDS Logistics has retained its spot as the top private inland container depot (ICD) in terms of the total volume of export and import cargo handled for a fifth consecutive year in 2022.
5 January 2023, 04:40 AM
Ctg port’s anomalies cost govt Tk 258 crore
The state coffers were robbed of Tk 258 crore for 26 counts of irregularities by the Chattogram Port Authority between fiscal 2017-18 and 2019-20, found the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).
3 January 2023, 01:40 AM
Ctg port container handling drops in 2022
Annual container handling at the country’s premier sea port of Chattogram decreased 2.54 per cent year-on-year in the just concluded calendar year of 2022 owing to a downward trend in foreign trade.
2 January 2023, 03:30 AM
Ctg port’s container traffic may drop in 2022
The Chittagong port may post a negative growth in container throughput in 2022 compared to a year earlier due to the decline in container handling for the slowdown in Bangladesh’s international trade.
18 December 2022, 05:00 AM
Cut expenditure in revised budget
The finance division has strictly asked ministries and divisions not to demand any additional money beyond the amount allocated this year.
16 December 2022, 02:30 AM
4 on schedule, others may miss deadline
The eight fast track projects being implemented by the government are seeing mixed progress with four having made significant progress as of November this year while the rest may not see timely completion.
13 December 2022, 03:30 AM
Inflation falling, but not for rural people
Though inflation continued to undergo a downward trend for a third consecutive month in November, non-food inflation in rural areas entered into double digits last month for the first time in recent times.
6 December 2022, 03:00 AM
Ctg port’s outer anchorage comes to a standstill
Water transport workers have gone on a strike demanding a pay hike, suspending unloading of imported goods at the Chattogram port’s outer anchorage and their subsequent transportation across the country since the early hours of yesterday.
27 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Businesses have big hopes for Karnaphuli tunnel
Business leaders in Bangladesh hope the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel, being built beneath Karnaphuli river in Chattogram, will help expand the port city on both sides of the waterway as per the “One City, Two Towns” concept derived from China’s Shanghai.
27 November 2022, 02:00 AM
'Karnaphuli tunnel to bring new dimension to connectivity'
Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) President Mahbubul Alam said the country’s first underwater tunnel below the Karnaphuli river will bring a new dimension to connectivity between the southeastern region and the rest of the country.
26 November 2022, 04:54 AM
Water-vessel workers to start countrywide work abstention
Water-vessel workers are set to observe an indefinite, countrywide work abstention from the end of this month to press home their demand for hiking minimum wage.
22 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Ctg port container movement falls in October
Movement of import and export-laden containers through the Chattogram port in October was lower both year-on-year and compared to that in the previous two months, reflecting a gradual slowdown in foreign trade amidst global economic downtrends.
21 November 2022, 18:00 PM
A step forward for Ctg metro rail
The plan to construct metro rail in Chattogram has taken a step forward, as the government is set to approve a project to carry out preliminary feasibility study for the infrastructure.
21 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar
The coast of Mirsharai, an upazila in the southeast division of Chattogram, wakes up in the morning to the sounds of under-construction factories, and machines of several newly-built plants on a vast part of the region.
19 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Steel industry to heat up as new players joining race
Bangladesh’s steel industry is set to see the entry of a couple of large business houses while several existing steelworks are looking to expand their capacities in order to gain from the rising demand for the key construction material.
30 October 2022, 02:00 AM
BM Container depot resumes cargo handling
The privately-owned BM Container Depot yesterday resumed handling export cargoes, albeit on a limited scale, after receiving permission from the customs authority to handle only garment shipments for the next three months.
27 October 2022, 03:10 AM
Bangladesh’s steel factories less polluting
The steel manufacturing plants in Bangladesh are less polluting and the lowest carbon emitters compared to the largest producers globally, mainly for the melting process followed locally and the efficient consumption of energy and water, said a top industrialist.
27 October 2022, 03:00 AM