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
Fresh congestion slows Ctg port
Chittagong Port has been facing container congestion for a week, the second this month, mainly because of slow delivery of import
27 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Ctg 70th busiest port worldwide
Chittagong Port is the 70th busiest container port in the world after it moved one notch up in this year's ranking of the Lloyd's List.
26 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Import vessel refuses to berth for unpaid bills
A dispute between the owner and the operator of a ship had caused sufferings for over 100 importers at Chittagong port for nearly a
25 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Supply glut fails to tame prices of onion, garlic
The wholesale prices of garlic and onion saw a downward trend at Khatunganj wholesale hub in the last couple of weeks because of ample supply.
19 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Ctg port gets three more gantry cranes
The Chittagong port's fleet of quayside gantry cranes got bigger with the inclusion of three new cranes on Tuesday, which would boost the port's container handling capacity.
15 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Sudden transport strike creates container congestion at Ctg port
Fresh container congestion has hit the Chittagong port because of the transport crisis caused by the unannounced strike in response to the protest of the students demanding safe roads.
8 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Normalcy returns to Ctg port
Normalcy returned to Chittagong port yesterday afternoon after loading, unloading and delivery of goods were disrupted for around 36 hours for an unannounced transport strike.
6 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Spices get costlier ahead of Eid
Spice prices have started rising on the back of opportunistic traders'bid to cash in on the surge in demand for the essential cooking ingredients ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival in the country.
30 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Container handling rises at Ctg port
Container handling at the Chittagong port increased by around 12 percent in the just concluded fiscal year from around 24.19 lakh twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) in the previous year.
1 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Chickpea cheaper as global prices drop
Chickpea has become cheaper in the port city due to a huge amount of it being imported following a price drop in the international market.
24 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Date import increases
Bangladesh imported 42,931 tonnes of dates—a popular iftar item—in the last four months, up 6.32 percent year-on-year thanks to the increasing consumption of the fruit.
22 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Ctg commodity prices lower than last Ramadan
The wholesale prices of essential items for Ramadan have remained lower than last year at Khatunganj in the run-up to the Muslim holy month thanks to a surge in imports in the last four months.
17 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Ctg port choked by container congestion
The Chittagong Port Authority plans to impose additional rents for container storage as it has been suffering from acute container
17 April 2018, 18:00 PM
BSC set to get new vessel after 27 years
Bangladesh Shipping Corporation is in the process of purchasing new bulk carriers for its fleet after about 27 years.
2 April 2018, 18:00 PM
CPA selling off Hanjin's containers 'for arrears'
The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has nearly completed auctioning off 1,057 empty containers, reasoning that it was to realise a
6 February 2018, 18:00 PM
'Pleasure' trip or what?
Just two weeks before going back to the navy, the Chittagong Port Authority chairman went on an eight-day official visit to South Africa and Morocco apparently to gather knowledge on how to improve the port's operation.
18 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Matarbari port to be turned into a deep-sea port
The sea port being built for the Matarbari coal-fired power plant will be turned into a deep-sea port, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said.
6 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Congestion pulls down growth rate to five-year low
Chittagong port handled about 2.56 million twenty-foot equivalent units of import, export and empty containers last year, up 9.36
1 January 2018, 18:00 PM
BPC won't sell fuel to Biman on credit
Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has decided to stop selling fuel to Biman Bangladesh Airlines on credit from tomorrow as its outstanding dues have hit around Tk 1,600 crore in the last eight years.
30 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Radisson wants to serve more people in Chittagong
Radisson Blu Chittagong Bay View is keen to provide its quality products and services at affordable prices to the people of Chittagong,
4 December 2017, 18:00 PM