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
PM to open Patenga container terminal today
One and a half years after the completion of construction, the newly-built Patenga container terminal (PCT) at the Chattogram port is finally going to be formally inaugurated.
14 November 2023, 00:09 AM
10-year-old treks to Annapurna Base Camp
Contrary to the notion that kids today are mostly confined to screens, Ahona Rida Zahra, a 10-year-old from Chattogram, has trekked to Annapurna Base Camp in the Himalayas, standing tall at 4,130 metres, last week.
12 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Importers rush to port to release goods
Importers rushed to the Chittagong port yesterday as they look to secure the delivery of imported goods on the last day of the week and during the weekend in order to avoid being caught in another spell of blockade.
10 November 2023, 01:16 AM
Blockade: Transporters cash in on delivery rush
Importers rushed to the Chittagong port today as they look to secure the delivery of imported goods on the last day of the week and during the weekend in order to avoid being caught in another spell of blockade
9 November 2023, 16:43 PM
PM to lay foundation stone on Nov 11
Construction work on the first terminal of Bangladesh’s maiden deep sea port at Matarbari in the Moheshkhali upazila of Cox’s Bazar will start soon as the tender process for appointing a contractor is in the final stages.
9 November 2023, 01:00 AM
Saudi company to operate Patenga Container Terminal
Red Sea Gateway Terminal International (RSGTI) has been finally nominated by the government to operate the newly built Patenga Container Terminal (PCT) of the Chattogram port for 22 years.
7 November 2023, 18:02 PM
Blockade disrupts delivery of imports from Ctg port, ICDs
The delivery of import cargo from Chattogram port as well as private off docks has been sharply impacted by a countrywide two-day blockade that ended yesterday.
7 November 2023, 01:00 AM
Cargo transport slows, cost rises
Transport of export and import cargo to and from the Chattogram port started to face disruptions while transport costs have started rising well before opposition parties began enforcing a countrywide two-day blockade yesterday.
6 November 2023, 00:58 AM
Blockade causing bottlenecks in container movement
A vessel bound for Singapore yesterday delayed its departure from Chattogram port as a good number of its export containers failed to reach on time amid a nationwide blockade that began on Tuesday.
1 November 2023, 20:41 PM
Cargo transport slows
The transport of export and import containers between private inland container depots (ICDs) and the Chattogram port faced little disruption yesterday, the first day of the three-day blockade enforced by BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami.
1 November 2023, 01:59 AM
Ctg port gets new container handling equipment
A total of 24 new pieces of container handling equipment, including four quayside gantry cranes (QGCs), purchased by Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) at a cost of Tk 394 crore were launched yesterday.
16 October 2023, 01:30 AM
Foreign vessels face hassles getting waivers
Operators of foreign container feeder vessels have allegedly been facing hassles obtaining waiver certificates, which are mandatory for loading cargo to and from Bangladesh.
12 October 2023, 19:11 PM
Tea auctions in Chattogram see drop in sales, prices
Anxiety has gripped tea producers in Bangladesh as both sales and prices at the weekly international tea auction in Chattogram city are experiencing a drastic fall this season.
10 October 2023, 01:49 AM
Stowaway found in Singapore-bound ship again
Another incident of someone trying to leave the country by hiding in a container shipped from Chattogram Port has raised security concerns.
7 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Matarbari channel handed over to CPA
The dream of realising a deep seaport at Matarbari in Cox’s Bazar is now a step closer as Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has taken charge of an artificial navigation channel created for vessel movement required for a coal-fired power plant.
22 September 2023, 05:00 AM
2 more scanners to reach Ctg port soon
Two more container scanners are going to arrive at the Chattogram port within a couple of days, enabling checking exports of contraband and the prevention of money laundering.
19 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Rough sea delays Pangaon Express’s rescue
Two months have passed, but the Pangaon-bound container vessel Pangaon Express that sank in the bay near Noakhali’s Bhasanchar on July 6 with 72 import-laden containers is yet to be rescued.
10 September 2023, 00:00 AM
Rough sea delays Pangaon Express’s salvation
The container vessel sank on July 6 in the bay near Noakhali’s Bhasanchar
9 September 2023, 13:30 PM
Priungshu sings his way to Asia Book of Records
During the 2021 Covid lockdown, Priungshu Roy Chowdhury, a schoolboy from Chattogram, found a productive way to spend his time by learning to sing the national anthems of 120 countries in just eight months.
5 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Theft, piracy on the rise at Ctg port
Theft and piracy have become a matter of concern for the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) as six such incidents took place in vessels arriving at the port in the six months to July this year.
4 September 2023, 00:00 AM