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
ICDs for consensus on service charge hike
Facing criticism for unilaterally raising a service charge last week, private inland container depots (ICDs) have decided to hold discussions with stakeholders first before hiking rates of their other facilities.
18 August 2022, 18:00 PM
Ctg port up 3 notches on Lloyd’s list of busiest ports
Chattogram port has advanced three steps in a year to become the world’s 64th busiest port in terms of annual throughput of containers in 2021.
18 August 2022, 18:00 PM
Ctg port advances three notches in Lloyd’s List of busiest container ports
Chattogram port has advanced three steps in a year to become world’s 64th busiest port in terms of annual throughput of containers in 2021.
18 August 2022, 15:21 PM
Revisions raise 3 projects’ cost by Tk 1,053cr
The government yesterday approved revisions to three projects involving Tk 3,707 crore, pushing up the collective completion cost by some Tk 1,053 crore.
17 August 2022, 03:30 AM
Pacific Jeans to set up solar plants in all units by 2025
The Chattogram based Pacific Jeans Group is planning to set up rooftop solar power plants in all 10 of its manufacturing units by 2025 in a bid to get at least 20 per cent of the group’s energy requirement from renewable sources.
9 August 2022, 03:45 AM
Revenue collection crosses Tk 3 lakh crore for first time
Revenue collection grew 15.51 per cent year-on-year to Tk 300,179 crore in the just-concluded fiscal year of 2021-22, according to the provisional data of the National Board of Revenue (NBR).
2 August 2022, 02:15 AM
Port facilities compliant
The Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) is very confident about the port facilities being compliant with international regulations ahead of a scheduled annual visit by the US Coast Guard this week despite its ongoing struggle to handle a number of abandoned import containers with dangerous cargo.
31 July 2022, 02:45 AM
BB to sign MoU with banks to cut default loans
Bangladesh Bank plans to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with 10 commercial banks for taking various steps on a pilot basis, including periodically publishing their lists of defaulters, in a bid to reduce their default loans.
24 July 2022, 02:30 AM
Trial run of Patenga terminal hits a snag
The planned trial berthing of a vessel at the newly built Patenga Container Terminal (PCT) in the Chattogram port could not be begun yesterday due to the non-completion of some works.
22 July 2022, 02:30 AM
Two containers with same number arrive at Ctg port
In a rare event, two containers separately arrived at the Chattogram port with a similar unique number, an unusual incident in the international shipping business.
21 July 2022, 16:45 PM
Ctg port plagued by container, cargo congestion
The Chattogram port is facing a fresh surge in both container and cargo congestion mainlydue to slow delivery of goods for ten days since the Eid vacation, disrupting scheduled departure and berthing of vessels.
21 July 2022, 02:15 AM
Trial run of new Ctg port terminal on Thursday
At long last a new container terminal is going to be added to the Chattogram port as the authority is going to start trial operation of a newly built Patenga Container Terminal (PCT) this week.
18 July 2022, 02:30 AM
Pvt container depots face acute pressure of export cargoes
Shinest Apparels, a Dhaka-based garment factory, sent eight truckloads of export cargo to a private inland container depot (ICD) in Chattogram eight days ago for shipment through the country’s premier port.
7 July 2022, 03:00 AM
Digitalisation in govt services saved time, money: Study finds
The digitalisation of 66 percent of the services offered by six ministries/divisions has saved both time and money of the ordinary people and also ensured service delivery, found a recent study by the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division.
6 July 2022, 03:30 AM
Container handling to speed up at Ctg port
Two more quayside gantry cranes, also known as ship-to-shore cranes, are going to be added to the existing ones at the Chattogram port by this week to enhance the port’s efficiency in handling containers to and from vessels.
4 July 2022, 04:00 AM
Bangladesh showing might in marine salvage and repair
The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) recently saved an oceangoing ship, which was severely damaged in a mid-sea accident that could have caused the loss of export cargoes worth Tk 800 crore and create an obstacle for navigation.
28 June 2022, 18:00 PM
When Ctg port goes the extra mile to save Tk 800 crore export cargoes
The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has recently saved a severely damaged oceangoing ship, victim of an accident mid sea, which could have caused loss of export cargoes worth Tk 800 crore and block the whole channel for future navigation.
28 June 2022, 03:00 AM
Legalising laundered money to cost even less
The government is likely to bring some changes in its budget proposals, including enabling one of its three offers at legalising laundered money to require even lesser tax payments.
27 June 2022, 04:00 AM
Ctg port authority to tighten fire safety rules
Following the deadly fire at a private inland container depot earlier this month, the Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) has taken steps to tighten fire safety measures, modernise storage of dangerous cargoes and speed up delivery.
19 June 2022, 02:00 AM
Hydrogen peroxide: Two major exporters stop production
Two companies, which handle a major portion of Bangladesh’s hydrogen peroxide exports, have been forced to stop production as most shipping lines are declining to carry the chemical following a deadly fire at an inland container depot (ICD) last week.
14 June 2022, 04:30 AM