Ctg customs saw 12% revenue growth in July-March
Revenue collection by Chattogram Customs House rose 12 percent over the past nine months thanks to the easing of import restrictions, with shipments of Ramadan essentials surging ahead of the month of fasting for Muslims..The country’s top revenue earner collected Tk 55,346 crore in the Ju
17 April 2025, 15:05 PM
Bangladesh earned Tk 1,500cr tariff from US imports in FY24
"Bangladesh generates a negligible amount of revenue from taxes levied on goods imported from the United States"
5 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Dates cheaper in Ctg this year as imports surge
Date prices have remained relatively stable this year compared to previous years, thanks to the govt's duty waiver and a decline in int'l market prices
22 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Unclaimed import boxes clog 18% of Ctg port capacity
Around 200,000 tonnes of imported goods, stuffed in 9,644 containers, have been abandoned at Chattogram port for years – occupying 18 percent of its capacity, as customs officials point the finger at lengthy auction processes for the backlog.
10 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Under-invoicing skews cardamom market
Chattogram-based Especia International Trading received the delivery of a 10-tonne cardamom consignment in mid-January. The trader declared the import price at $7.5 per kilogramme.
6 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Customs’ sale of 14-yr-old chemical poses health hazard
The Chattogram Custom House has auctioned off 14-year-old sodium glycerolate, which is used in cosmetics and pharmaceutical products, without conducting any quality assessment to determine its usability, raising concerns about potential health risks.
25 December 2024, 18:23 PM
Nowfel gained from illegal tobacco trade
Former education minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury Nowfel received at least Tk 3 crore from a tobacco company, known for years for illegal cigarette production and marketing including some counterfeit foreign brands.
22 December 2024, 18:19 PM
Ship from Karachi port: What was in the cargo?
Most of the cargo that arrived from Karachi contained industrial raw materials, including soda ash, dolomite, limestone, chemicals, onion, fabrics and potatoes
16 November 2024, 14:49 PM
Forgery gang runs rampant at Ctg port
A gang consisting of clearing and forwarding (C&F) agents and importers had at least 4,000 consignments released from the Chattogram port through forgery over the last two years.
16 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Ctg customs misses revenue target
Revenue collection of the Custom House, Chattogram fell 23 percent short of the target in the first half of 2018-19, the biggest drop in six years.
12 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Race between uncle and nephew may split Maijbhandari vote bank
Two members of the influential Maijbhandari family contesting the national polls in Chattogram-2 (Fatikchhari) may cause a split in the votes of supporters, according to locals.
25 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Customs releases export containers unscanned
More than 2,386,500 export containers got through Chittagong Custom House (CCH) without scanning in the last eight years, which
14 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Scamming the dirt poor
People of low-income group, who saved their hard-earned money with an NGO in Chattogram city for promised high returns, have become victims of alleged fraud as the organisation suddenly closed shop and its officials disappeared.
9 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Prepaid gas meters a win-win in Ctg
Pre-paid meters for household gas consumption have been saving gas by 20 percent in Chattogram city, and cost for consumers has also been coming down as they have been refraining from wasting the resources.
31 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Smugglers not traced yet
Despite seizing consignments of smuggled-in cigarettes at the port, Chattogram Customs House has been unable to track down the smugglers over the last couple of years as documents related to the import have either gone missing or they had been forged.
30 September 2018, 18:00 PM
GIVEN BY GHOSTS
Officially, most bars and social clubs neither import nor purchase alcohol yet they log huge sales; restrictive law, high import tariff, bureaucratic nightmare encouraging smuggling; govt loses big, earning almost nothing out of this trade.
23 September 2018, 18:00 PM
LNG supply begins in port city
People of Chittagong started receiving Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as the authorities have finally been able to connect the imported consignment to the pipeline of Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Ltd (KGDCL) yesterday.
18 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Fresh notes, a hot commodity
Fresh currency notes have become a hot commodity before the Eid.
11 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Recon Cars at Ctg, Mongla Ports: Importers queue up for release
Importers were rushing to complete procedures for getting reconditioned vehicles released from the Chittagong and Mongla ports fearing hike in import duties in the budget to be announced today.
6 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Tk 400cr tax evaded in importing posh cars
About half the luxury cars Bangladeshi Britons brought into the country for tax-free use of up to a year were never shipped back and their taxes were not paid.
4 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Korean EPZ's exports gain momentum
Exports earnings of the Korean Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) are gaining momentum as investment flow brings factories in the
23 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Scanning at Ctg Port: Govt settles for costlier option
Scanning operation is a sensitive job for any port around the world. It examines imports through misdeclaration and the presence of explosives that could jeopardize national security. Once released, there is little scope for reexamining the containers.
2 May 2018, 18:00 PM
LNG supply begins next month
The ship carrying Bangladesh's first import consignment of liquefied natural gas has anchored in the Bay of Bengal, with the help of which LNG supply to the national grid is scheduled to begin next month.
29 April 2018, 18:00 PM
'Heavy Metal' in Imported Fish: Samples sent for retest
Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) sent samples from 81 tonnes of Shad fish for retest in the face of objections raised by the importers of the consignments after the laboratory tests identified heavy metal in the fish.
17 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Importers suffer for agents' dispute
A dispute between two companies over who would act as the local agent for Far Shipping, a Singaporean shipping company, has left
24 February 2018, 18:00 PM
New Graft Model: Free of cost
Nine garment manufacturers have abused the Free of Cost facility and dodged tax of around Tk 120 crore by importing raw materials up to 22 times the permissible limit.
1 February 2018, 18:00 PM
'Innovation' in tax dodging
More than a hundred bank documents were forged by at least 20 importers to evade tax, causing a loss of over Tk 50 crore to the state exchequer.
24 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Packaged imports to become dearer
Consumers are likely to face higher prices of imported packaged goods such as cosmetics, perfumes, shampoos
22 January 2018, 18:00 PM