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
Ctg Port Authority launches eviction drive at Laldia Char
Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) yesterday started evicting illegal structures at Laldia Char at the estuary of Karnaphuli river at Patenga after years of repeated attempts.
22 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Mostafa Group eyes a comeback
Debt-ridden Mostafa Group wants to pay back Tk 1,500 crore loans with around three dozen lenders taking advantage of the central bank’s rescheduling facility, as it looks to make a comeback.
21 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Ctg port to get 4 more gantry cranes in a week
The Chittagong Port Authority purchased the cranes from Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company at a cost of Tk 238.63 crore for New Mooring Container Terminal
18 July 2019, 18:35 PM
A miraculous rescue!
After being afloat for four days in the Bay, a Bangladeshi cargo vessel rescued an Indian fisherman on Wednesday.
12 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Rain, rough seas halt unloading at Ctg outer anchorage
Rough seas and incessant rain have kept suspended the unloading of imported bulk cargo from vessels at the outer anchorage of the Chattogram port and Kutubdia anchorage for the last four days.
10 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Congestion returns at Chattogram port
Though the country’s premier sea port managed to get rid of years-long container and vessel congestion at the end of last year, following inclusion of a number of required equipment and some supervisory steps, such congestion has resurfaced at Chattogram port.
13 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Containers pile up at Ctg port
Import-laden containers are piling up at Chattogram port mainly due to slow delivery as operations of factories and vehicular movement are yet to return to normalcy following the Eid vacation.
9 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Onion price shoots up at Ctg markets
Onion prices have gone up in the kitchen markets in the port city after wholesalers jacked up prices in Khatunganj allegedly for a supply shortage.
1 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Delays in freight train service irk importers
Freight train services on the Dhaka-Chattogram route have fallen way below acceptable standards, to the extent that it recently took one importer over one month to get two goods-laden containers delivered from the port city to the capital.
30 May 2019, 18:00 PM
Ramadan Commodities: Retail prices go up despite a drop in wholesale
Ramadan commodities have seen a retail price increase in Chattogram this year although their wholesale rates remained a bit lower compared to those in the previous year.
9 May 2019, 18:10 PM
Private ICDs to raise tariff defying order
Owners of private inland container depots (ICDs) have stuck to their decision to increase operational charges from April 1 though the shipping ministry has directed them to postpone the move.
28 March 2019, 18:00 PM
New gantry cranes, strong monitoring easing congestion
Congestion at Chattogram port has started easing thanks to the inclusion of new equipment for container handling, delivery of import containers from a place outside the port and strong monitoring, port users said.
11 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Onion cheaper at Khatunganj wholesale market
Wholesale prices of Indian onion saw a downward trend at the Khatunganj wholesale hub here in the last couple of days thanks to plentiful imports from the neighbouring country.
15 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Ctg port sees 9pc growth in container handling
The Chittagong port posted 9 percent year-on-year growth in container handling in 2018.
1 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Fear that won't ever go away
The arson attack on Hindu houses in Banshkahli's Muhuripara area nearly six years ago still haunts the villagers.
27 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Ctg port bears brunt of transport strike
Turnaround time at the Chattogram port has sharply increased because of a recent two-day countrywide transport strike, leading to vessel congestion and cancellation of berthing schedules.
31 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Pacific Jeans investing $100m to diversify products
Top denim maker Pacific Jeans is spending $100 million to set up two new factories in Chattogram in two years with the view to diversifying product base.
30 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Fall in Global lentil Prices: No reflection in local retail markets
Customers are yet to reap the benefit of the record fall in the price of lentil in the wholesale hub of Khatunganj in Chattogram as retailers are yet to set their prices to reflect the decreased costs.
24 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Tea prices rise on slow output
Tea consumption will be costlier in Bangladesh as the price of the world's second most popular drink after water increased 31 percent in the local market in just two months because of lower production and higher demand.
11 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Indian products rule border haats
Border haats, which are meant to trade produce of border communities to help them improve their livelihoods, are selling products
10 October 2018, 18:00 PM