Rice prices rise on flood damage, import fears
20 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Rice prices have climbed in Dhaka and Chattogram over the past week, particularly for fine varieties, as traders blame higher paddy prices, flood damage to Aus crops and Aman seedbeds, and uncertainty over rice imports from India.
20 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Commodity supply under pressure amid non-stop rain
14 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Businesses say the downpour has disrupted the entire supply chain
14 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Patenga terminal hikes delayed cargo storage fees fourfold
10 July 2026, 00:00 AM
The operator of the Patenga Container Terminal has raised storage charges fourfold for less-than-container-load (LCL) cargoes that remain at its container freight stations beyond the free storage period.
10 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Heavy rains slow cargo handling at Ctg port
10 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Heavy rainfall continued to disrupt cargo handling at Chattogram port for a third consecutive day yesterday, slowing customs inspections, cargo deliveries and unloading operations at the outer anchorage.
10 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Ctg customs collects record Tk 81,471cr in FY26
3 July 2026, 00:00 AM
The Custom House, Chattogram, the country’s largest revenue-generating customs station, collected a record Tk 81,471 crore in the fiscal year 2025-26, registering a 12.37 percent year-on-year increase, driven by tighter enforcement, improved customs administration and sustained import activity.
3 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Saudi-run Patenga terminal to operate at full capacity from July
24 June 2026, 00:00 AM
The cranes, worth $30 million, are now being installed and commissioned
24 June 2026, 00:00 AM
NBR revises tariffs on 261 lines ahead of LDC graduation
19 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Bangladesh has formally requested a deferral of its LDC graduation by at least three years to allow time to implement key domestic reforms
19 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Landmark customs bond reforms to boost competitiveness
19 June 2026, 00:00 AM
The government has proposed a landmark overhaul of the customs bond regime in the fiscal year 2026-27 budget, extending duty-free import facilities to emerging export sectors and easing compliance requirements for garment factories -- steps exporters say will significantly boost trade competitiveness.
19 June 2026, 00:00 AM
8th grader holds senior officer’s post at Standard Asiatic Oil Company
Shahidul Islam landed a job in Standard Asiatic Oil Company Limited (SAOCL), a partner company of state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC), as a senior officer (maintenance) in 2015.
22 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Made in Khalifa Patti
The ringing sound of hundreds of sewing machines floats through Khalifa Patti in Chattogram every year before Eid-ul-Fitr. At least eight to ten people are hard at work round the clock in every shop of the market.
19 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Edible oil prices: Even record imports fail to arrest hike
Despite record imports of soybean oil in the first quarter, consumers are having to pay an additional Tk 36-38 for every litre of non-bottled soybean oil over the price set by the government.
16 April 2022, 18:00 PM
At least 20 companies pocket incentives over 5 years through ghost shipments
Between August 2018 and September 2020, Dhaka-based Mamun Enterprise has drawn over Tk 6.2 crore in incentives against agro exports.
15 April 2022, 18:00 PM
‘No one returns empty-handed from here’
Every day at the port city’s CRB intersection, around 300 people gather to break their fast. Most of these people belong to the lower-income
12 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Buying houses attempt to launder Tk 6.9cr
Three Dhaka-based buying houses were found to have tried to launder Tk 6.9 crore through mis-declaration, according to the Chattogram Custom House.
4 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Edible oil prices rise again at Khatunganj
The prices of loose soybean and palm oil have gone up by Tk 150-200 per maund at Chattogram’s Khatunganj wholesale market overnight for a supply crisis although the importers maintain there is no shortage at their end.
31 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Syndicate identified after 10yrs probe
Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has identified an importer and forwarding (C&F) agent involved in importing a BMW car though Chattogram Port by submitting fake documents in 2010.
29 March 2022, 18:00 PM
NBR server breach: Probe leaves puzzles
A probe report on the breach of NBR server that saw the release of 11 import consignments last year has raised more questions than it answered.
29 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Edible oil prices: Hike on despite the tax cuts
The prices of edible oil have gone up at the wholesale level yesterday despite the 30 percent tax exemption at the import and production stages.
17 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Edible oil price hike: Manipulation merry-go-round
The supply order, crucial for dealership of edible oils, has turned out to be a key tool being used to inflate the prices at the country’s biggest trade hub in Chattogram.
10 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Price hike of essentials: Is war the real cause?
A section of traders is cashing in on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war to hike prices of essentials that were already becoming costlier, market insiders said.
7 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Not much has changed at 332, Bakshirhat
Pitambar Shah, a Chattogram based herbal medicine and spice shop, has survived with its old business model, despite the huge changes in technology and pharmaceutical industry in the last 180 years.
22 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Essentials’ prices go up ahead of Ramadan
Like clockwork, the prices of Ramadan essentials like edible oil, chickpea, dried pea, date and sugar have started to spiral in the lead-up to the holy month despite higher imports.
16 February 2022, 18:00 PM
DDT stored for 37yrs finally being cleared
An expert team yesterday started the process of shipping 500 tonnes of Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane, a banned toxic pesticide, to France for destruction.
16 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Ctg customs hands over 3 cars auctioned off for Tk 1.45cr
Custom House, Chattogram yesterday handed over three vehicles, two BMWs and one Toyota, which were brought to the Chattogram port duty-free under a United Nations convention and now auctioned off for Tk 1.45 crore.
9 February 2022, 18:00 PM
TINs abused without knowledge, now they can’t clear their names
Tania Jasmine, the proprietor of a modest beauty salon in Chattogram’s Rangunia upazila, and her husband own just one car. But the National Board of Revenue’s database shows she owns a mindboggling 103 vehicles -- an alarming record for anyone to have.
22 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Outer Stadium: All business, no play
Imagine a ground that helped create the prodigies of the country’s cricket -- names like Akram Khan, Minhajul Abedin Nannu, Tamim Iqbal, Aftab Ahmed and others associated with it -- remaining occupied in any and every activity other than sports for most of the year.
18 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Ctg customs foil bid to launder Tk 1.6cr
Chattogram Customs House has seized a consignment on charges of laundering Tk 1.6 crore by exporting 22 times more goods than the declaration.
17 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Ctg custom foils bid to launder Tk 1.6 crore
Chattogram Customs House has seized a consignment on charges of laundering Tk 1.6 crore by exporting 22 times more goods than the declaration.
17 January 2022, 13:45 PM