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
Ship collisions at Ctg port raise concerns
Ships have frequently been colliding with each other and running aground at Chittagong port's outer anchorage and approaches for
12 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Prices of Indian onion drop in Ctg
For the first time in three weeks, Indian onion prices saw a downtrend at the Khatunganj wholesale hub in Chittagong in the last two days.
9 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Ctg port buying six cranes at Tk 344cr
The Chittagong Port Authority yesterday struck a deal with a Chinese firm to buy six gantry cranes for Tk 344.92 crore for the New
15 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Ctg customs to auction off unclaimed food items today
Chittagong customs authorities will auction off about 247 tonnes of apple, fish and other food items today as no importer showed up
14 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Rice-laden ships stuck for port congestion
A number of rice-laden vessels have started arriving at the Chittagong port but unloading of the staple is being delayed due to
9 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Ctg customs dumps 528 tonnes of imported orange, apple, onion
Chittagong Customs authorities yesterday started to dispose of 528 tonnes of imported oranges, apples and onions worth Tk 2.50
25 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Importers suffer for a dearth of lighters at Ctg port
A shortage of lighter vessels at the Chittagong port along with landing stations is causing importers to pay extra
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Ctg port plagued by long queues of vessels
Long queues of berth-seeking container vessels at the outer anchorage continue to plague the Chittagong port although the
13 September 2017, 18:00 PM
CPA starts constructing new container terminal
Ten years past the making of a container terminal, the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) is set to inaugurate the construction of a new one today aiming to enhance its capacity to handle the ever-increasing number of vessels and containers.
7 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Ctg port faces fresh congestion
Container congestion has resurfaced in the Chittagong port with the storage capacity being exceeded yesterday, the
6 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Container Handling: Ranking of Ctg port 5-notch up
The Chittagong Port has advanced five steps in terms of annual throughput in 2016, becoming the 71st busiest among the top 100
5 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Ctg customs to auction off abandoned cargoes
Chittagong Customs House is set to expedite the auction of abandoned cargoes with a view to clearing the jammed port yards.
23 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Ctg customs to auction off undelivered apples
The Chittagong Customs House will auction off today around 1.49 lakh kg of fresh apples as the importer did not take delivery of the consignment from the port in due time.
21 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Ctg port congestion lingers
Chittagong port's spatial crisis seems no nearer to resolution as import goods-laden containers are now being piled up for failure to timely despatch them to the overflowing 16 inland container depots.
9 August 2017, 18:00 PM
The journey felt like forever
After loading the container for the whole night, Babul felt so drained he could not keep his eyes open and fell asleep
31 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Exporters face tight schedule at Ctg port
Amid the ongoing vessel congestion at Chittagong port, garment exporters have been hit with a new problem: the
26 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Ctg traders continue to suffer
Waterlogging continued hurting businesses at Khatunganj and Chaktai in the port city yesterday, as tidal wave entered hundreds of shops, godowns and offices in the areas for the third consecutive day.
25 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Tidal surge, rains damage Ctg wholesale hubs
Traders in Khatunganj and Chaktai, major wholesale hubs in Chittagong, are staring at losses of about Tk 50 crore after shops were beset by four feet of water yesterday.
23 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Losses pile up amid port congestion
It took 29 days before bulk carrier Gao Qiang got its turn to offload scrap steel at Chittagong Port on June 22.
20 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Elias Brothers: a bane of banking industry
Once a highly sought-after client, Chittagong-based Mohammad Elias Brothers Group, known as MEB Group, has
17 July 2017, 18:00 PM