Govt seeks private investment to expand Pangaon terminal
1 October 2026
Amid increasing container flow at the Pangaon Inland Container Terminal (PICT) in Dhaka, the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has taken the initiative to expand facilities at the terminal, which has failed to attract exporters and importers for years.
1 October 2026
Fuel price hike starts hitting logistics sector
22 September 2026
Owners across Chattogram port’s logistics chain have begun raising charges and pressing for rate revisions after the latest fuel price hike, stoking fears of fresh cost pressure on businesses and exporters already struggling to compete internationally.
22 September 2026
Fuel price hike starts hitting logistics sector
21 September 2026
Exporters fear losing competitiveness as ICDs raise charges, others seek rate revision
21 September 2026
Red Sea tensions raise insurance costs
15 September 2026
Higher import costs are likely to be passed on to consumers
15 September 2026
Red Sea tensions fuel insurance costs
16 September 2026
Importing food grains, fertiliser and other goods from the Middle East and Europe will become more expensive as war-risk insurance costs rise for vessels using the Red Sea amid escalating fighting along Yemen’s coast.
16 September 2026
Karnaphuli EPZ: From a defunct steel mill to an export hub
13 September 2026
BEPZA operates eight export processing zones and two economic zones covering 3,550.33 acres
13 September 2026
Chattogram retains 68th global port ranking
30 August 2026
Chattogram port has retained its 68th position among the world’s 100 busiest container ports for the second consecutive year, despite handling 4 percent more containers in 2025 than in the previous year.
30 August 2026
Chattogram port remains 68th busiest container port globally
29 August 2026
On Chattogram port, Lloyd's said that growth remained modest
29 August 2026
Export container backlog eases at ICDs
There has been a remarkable decline in the number of export-laden containers that were about to overwhelm private inland container depots (ICDs) early last month.
4 August 2021
Another privately built jetty comes to Ctg port’s aid
Another privately built jetty has come to the aid of the Chattogram port as it allowed the country’s largest seaport to use the facility to berth bulk vessels carrying heavy items.
3 August 2021
Priority for Colombo-bound ships delaying others
A temporary decision to give priority berthing to Colombo-bound vessels at Chattogram port amid a pileup of export containers at private off docks last month is now causing berthing delays for other vessels destined for the two other transhipment ports.
1 August 2021
Port Decongestion: NBR move yet to prove effective
A National Board of Revenue’s (NBR’s) temporary permission to shift import-laden containers from the Chattogram port to private inland container depots (ICDs) as a decongestion effort seems to have borne no fruit.
29 July 2021
Container vessel impounded at Ctg port
A Colombo-bound vessel carrying export containers has been kept impounded at the Chattogram port’s outer anchorage for the last eight days by Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) following a High Court order.
27 July 2021
Container delivery hits rock bottom
Import containers are piling up at an alarming rate at Chattogram port due to the worst delivery during the Eid holidays and the subsequent poor release of goods for the fresh lockdown, which could cause congestion anew.
25 July 2021
Second jetty opens for Matarbari power plant
A cargo vessel yesterday became the first to berth at the second jetty being constructed for unloading coal for the under-construction coal-based power plant at Matarbari in Moheskhali upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
15 July 2021
Reforms can save $4b a year in safety net spending: ADB
Bangladesh can save $19.32 billion over the next five years, or about $4 billion annually, if it can eliminate errors and leakages in the social safety net programmes and cut administrative and transaction costs, according to Asian Development Bank.
14 July 2021
Colombo-bound ships to get priority in berthing
The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) yesterday took some decisions, including prioritising berthing for Colombo-bound feeder vessels, aiming at clearing out exports piling up at private inland container depots (ICD).
12 July 2021
Trial use of lighter jetty begins
Around eight years past being constructed by the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA), one of the four lighter jetties started undergoing trial operations yesterday.
8 July 2021
Plenty of empty containers, only a few are handy
It may surprise many that a lot of empty containers are lying idle at the private inland container depots (ICDs) in Bangladesh when the ICDs are choked with export cargoes for failing to ship them on time due to an acute shortage of empty boxes.
5 July 2021
Global container crisis hits local exporters
Bangladesh's export is facing unprecedented delays because of the deepening container crisis globally and squeezed capacity in vessels, fuelled by the rebounding demand in the Western economies.
3 July 2021
Cost of foreign tours of Govt officials: Pandemic saves Tk 2,500cr
Every cloud has a silver lining and so has the Covid-19 pandemic. It saved the government and taxpayers around Tk 2,500 crore since March last year.
2 July 2021
Cargo handling rises at Ctg port despite pandemic
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Chattogram port clocked 3.1 per cent year-on-year growth in container handling in the just-concluded fiscal year, which highlighted the growing foreign trade of Bangladesh, official data showed.
1 July 2021
Hapag-Lloyd suspends bookings of Bangladesh-bound cargoes
Hapag-Lloyd, a German container shipping company, has decided to suspend its booking of import containers bound for Bangladesh via Singapore for a month.
29 June 2021
IMED blames faulty feasibility studies
Implementation of government development projects by ministries and divisions suffers years of delays as they, in most cases, are formulated without proper feasibility studies and technical designs.
29 June 2021
Nationwide Lockdown: Govt taking steps for cash, food aid for the poor
The government is working to take necessary measures to provide cash assistance and food, including rice, edible oil and other commodities to poor who are affected during the countrywide “strict lockdown” to be imposed from Thursday.
26 June 2021
10pc tax likely for investing in new factories
The amnesty to legalise undisclosed income without any question and on payment of 10 per cent tax is likely to continue in the upcoming fiscal year for individuals who will make a new investment to set up factories, officials said.
26 June 2021
Local firm exporting saplings to Qatar
Bangladesh is now playing a part in Qatar’s initiative of turning deserts into greenery, thanks to local firm which is exporting saplings.
10 June 2021
Whitening Black Money: Wholesale scope goes
The opportunity to whiten black money without any question from authorities regarding its source, which was offered by the government in the current fiscal year, is not going to continue the next fiscal year 2021-22.
3 June 2021