Customs seize 60 tonnes of banned sweetener at Ctg port
Banned artificial sugar substitute, sodium cyclamate, smuggled using fake lab reports
21 October 2025, 18:04 PM
Govt fleet to get ex-MPs’ 30 duty-free cars
Introduced during the Ershad regime, the duty-free car facility has long faced criticism
2 October 2025, 18:03 PM
Nearly half of aspirants for Chattogram Chamber polls disqualified over loan defaults or VAT non-compliance
The disclosure comes after the deadline for filing nominations ended on September 21
26 September 2025, 05:31 AM
Exports to India via Ctg port soar after land port curbs
Merchandise shipments to India through the country’s premier seaport in Chattogram have surged after New Delhi imposed restrictions on goods entering through land ports.
23 September 2025, 18:00 PM
NBR member travels to Australia without govt approval
A Dhaka court imposed a travel ban on him on January 29 this year
21 September 2025, 05:47 AM
After ICDs, Ctg port hikes service charges by 41%
In the first major tariff review in almost four decades, the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has raised service charges at Chattogram port by 41 percent.
15 September 2025, 18:17 PM
Have missing containers shaken Ctg port’s credibility?
Chattogram port, Bangladesh’s busiest maritime gateway, plays a central role in the country’s trade, handling nearly 95 percent of imports and exports. Its smooth operation is critical not only for the $100 billion maritime trade it facilitates annually but also for the broader competitiveness of Bangladesh’s economy as it prepares to graduate from Least Developed Country status.
1 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Fewer trains, bigger backlog at Ctg port
Importers cry foul as locomotive shortage slows Dhaka-bound cargo transport
25 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Price of bleaching powder triples in Ctg as demand soars
The retail price of bleaching power in Chattogram almost tripled over the past month due to a rise in demand for disinfectants following the coronavirus outbreak.
2 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Factories rise to the occasion, join hands to make PPE
Local production of personal protective equipment (PPE) gained momentum yesterday after a joint initiative got approval from the government about the design and fabrics in a development that would boost morale of the health professionals fighting the coronavirus.
25 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Outer Anchorage of Ctg Port: Lax customs’ watch for 9 yrs
The outer anchorage of Chittagong port, the largest entrance to the naval facilities of Bangladesh, has been almost out of the customs’ watch for the last nine years.
10 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Money pit of Ctg customs
The Customs House Chattogram bought two patrol boats for Tk 2.86 crore in the mid 80s to monitor the outer anchorage of Chittagong port and end illegal loading and offloading.
28 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Shahadat facing 48 cases, Rezaul none
Income of BNP mayor candidate for Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) polls Shahadat Hossain is around five times higher than his main opponent, Awami League nominee Rezaul Karim Chowdhury.
28 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Illegal trade in containers
If you see a lorry on the street, chances are it was built by bolting a modified shipping container onto the chassis.
15 January 2020, 18:00 PM
In the realm of skeletons
As soon as you enter the premises you’ll come face-to-face with a crocodile with its jaws wide open -- as if it is anxiously waiting to devour its prey. As you turn your eyes, a huge 13-feet python, with its body forming a twisted pattern, reveals itself.
5 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Lengthy auction process costs govt crores
Unclaimed goods worth crores of taka rot away every year at the Chattogram port for the customs authority’s lengthy auction process that takes six to 12 months.
29 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Duping job seekers with believable documents
Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) arrested three persons of a gang that cheated at least 55 youths with fake appointment letters of National Board of Revenue (NBR), Chattogram Custom House, Bangladesh Army and Chattogram Port. Members of the gang took bribes of Tk 8-26 lakh from each person for these jobs.
18 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Partner Company of BPC: Tk 100cr swindled
Two top officials of the partner company of state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation have allegedly embezzled over Tk 100 crore by transferring the money to three companies they have shares in.
16 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Lack of refrigerated containers slows onion import
Traders had permission to import 183,000 tonnes of onion, but they could bring in only 8,992 tonnes in the last two months due to a lack of adequate number of refrigerated containers in ships, businesses said.
2 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Increasing fish production in Kaptai Lake
Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) is set to launch a research vessel today to conduct study for increasing fish production in Kaptai Lake -- the biggest artificial lake in South-east Asia -- located in Rangamati district.
27 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Gas Explosion at Ctg: Five victims fighting for life
Noakhali residents Md Ismail (30), Md Yusuf (30) and Md Rakib (28), came to port city in early November in search of work.
20 November 2019, 18:00 PM
7 killed as gas blast rips apart Ctg house
Julekha Khanam Farzana told her younger son Atifur Rahman that she would come back to pick him up from school after dropping his elder brother at tutor’s house in Chattogram city’s Patharghata area.
17 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Soaring Onion Prices: Shady traders at it again
Chattogram-based Alam Traders received a consignment of 59,880 kilogrammes of Burmese onions at Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf land port on November 11. The importer paid about Tk 43 for each kg, show its documents.
16 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Rallying to protect communal harmony
Teachers and students of Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Muinul Islam Madrasa, popularly known as Hathazari Madrasa, saved a temple from vandalism when a group of people started throwing brick chunks at it on Sunday evening.
21 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Dice rolling in thru’ legal cracks
Taking advantage of loopholes in laws and policies, importers brought in at least five consignments of gambling equipment.
Even though a 152-year-old law prohibits gambling and the constitution assigns the state to “adopt effective measures to prevent
25 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Money Laundering Incidents: Ctg customs not doing much
The Chattogram Customs House has been sitting on incidents of money laundering for years and only recently filed two such cases a year after being asked to do so.
19 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Toxic animal feed still coming in
The Chattogram Customs House has recently seized 2,717 tonnes of imported fish and poultry feed containing hazardous ingredients like meat and bone meal (MBM), animal bones and by-products of pigs, which can cause cancer in humans.
17 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Port signature forgers let off bypassing law
The 22 clearing and forwarding agents and importers guilty of forging signatures and stamp seals of government officials in the past
14 September 2019, 18:00 PM