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
Prices of essentials shoot up in Ctg
With Ramadan already underway, prices of essentials continue to soar in Chattogram kitchen markets -- at a time when hundreds of thousands of people are struggling with reduced income due to the restrictions brought about by the coronavirus outbreak.
25 April 2020, 18:00 PM
All import containers can be shifted to ICDs
The revenue authority has at last allowed all types of import containers to be shifted and stored at the 19 private inland container depots until June 30 in a bid to decongest the Chattogram port premises.
23 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Shippers annoyed about extra charges for port congestion
On April 5, OEL Bangladesh, a container vessel, arrived at the outer anchorage of Chattogram port bearing a multitude of import goods, including raw materials for the vital garment industry.
21 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Nothing seems to be helping in easing Ctg port congestion
The 100 per cent waiver on store rent for import containers to solve the acute container congestion at Chattogram port ended yesterday with virtually no improvement in the space crisis.
20 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Logistics industry rattled
The logistics and freight forwarding business in Bangladesh has been devastated by the global coronavirus pandemic, which has led to a nosedive in transportation of goods by land, air and sea.
18 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Importers shunning deliveries, causing Ctg port slowdown
That something is amiss becomes evident right at the gates of the Chattogram port: there are no long queues of goods-transporting vehicles. Instead, only one or two occasionally rumbles past.
15 April 2020, 18:00 PM
A glut of freight waits on the ships
Slow delivery of goods has created space shortage at the Chattogram port and a long queue of vessels at the outer anchorage in the last few days.
6 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Berthing of vessels delayed at Ctg port
Chattogram port authorities have delayed scheduled berthing of three vessels due to acute space shortage at its yard designated to imported goods-laden containers.
3 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Lentil prices shot up amid rising demand, supply shortage
Lentil prices shot up in Chattogram in the last two weeks thanks to a sudden rise in its demand as a relief item, countrywide restriction on movement and poor supply.
2 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Ctg port running out of space
Chattogram port is fast running out of storage space as reefer containers used to transport perishable goods are piling up due to limited delivery in the past few days amid the countrywide lockdown imposed to contain the spread of lethal coronavirus.
1 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Container congestion feared at Ctg port amid limited delivery
Loading and unloading of bulk cargoes and containers to and from the vessels are going on as normal at the Chattogram port, which handles 93 per cent of the country’s consignments, with the view to keeping the supply chain smooth amidst the ongoing countrywide movement restrictions.
29 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Commodity prices drop in Ctg wholesale hub
Wholesale prices of commodities witnessed a drastic fall at the Khatunganj wholesale hub in Chattogram in the last two days amid adequate supply and a drop in demand as the fear over coronavirus outbreak has kept customers at bay.
26 March 2020, 18:00 PM
ICU facilities a major concern
Ensuring Intensive Care Unit (ICU) facilities for patients remains a major challenge to tackle coronavirus in Chattogram, according to the authorities concerned.
25 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Business as usual in garment factories but with heightened hygiene measures
Garment workers have continued to manufacture apparel items for Western buyers despite growing fears of coronavirus contagion in the factories given the close proximity of the workstations.
24 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Two Ctg supershops amp up precautions
It’s yet to be done by everyone, but a few supershops in the port city are standing out by employing exemplary cautionary measures to protect against the possible spread of coronavirus, earning praise of customers.
18 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Onion prices drop on entry of Indian variety
Prices of locally grown and imported onions have seen a sharp fall in Dhaka and Chattogram, as India has recently resumed export of the vegetable after a five-and-a-half-month ban.
16 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Trade via Ctg port falls amid coronavirus fallout
The coronavirus pandemic that is sweeping the world has taken a heavy toll on Bangladesh’s foreign trade through Chattogram port.
15 March 2020, 18:00 PM
ICDs stop carrying cargoes to hike tariff
The owners of private inland container depots (ICDs) stopped transporting export containers of three foreign companies since yesterday morning to press home their long demand of a 22 per cent rise in tariff.
11 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Matarbari to play host to deep seaport
The government is set to construct a deep seaport at Matarbari in Cox’s Bazar to help the country handle rising volumes of exports and imports and ease the pressure on the Chattogram port.
10 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Container transport to Ctg port resumes after four days
Container transport between Chattogram port and 18 inland container depots (ICDs) resumed yesterday after an 80-hour work abstention, for which some 2,631 TEUs of containers missed their shipment deadline.
29 February 2020, 18:00 PM