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
Move to ease container crunch
Chattogram Custom House has started disposing of 298 containers filled with perishable goods that were left abandoned by importers at the country’s premier seaport for years.
30 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Ctg customs to auction Tk 45cr goods
Chattogram Customs House will auction off around 1,050 tonnes of abandoned goods worth Tk 45 crore on Sunday. It will get rid of around 50 lots of goods, including 180 pieces of CNG-run auto-rickshaws, 150 tonnes of garment fabrics, 300 tonnes of steel items, and 130 tonnes of chemicals.
25 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Govt-fixed soybean oil rates fall on deaf ears
Retailers and wholesalers in Chattogram market are continuing to charge Tk 3 to Tk 4 higher than the Tk 115 fixed by the government as the retail price of each litre of loose soybean oil four days ago.
21 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Prices of essentials rise ahead of Ramadan
Prices of many essential commodities, such as edible oil, chickpeas and sugar, have gone up at both retail and wholesale markets across Chattogram despite a rise in imports in the past three months.
17 February 2021, 18:00 PM
PHP to rev up car assembling capacity
In line with the growing market trend of brand new cars, PHP Automobiles, one of the country’s leading car makers, plans to increase its assembling capacity as well as locally manufacturing a majority of the components.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Illegal courier service’ in guise of factory machinery import
Bearing telltale signs of an illegal courier service, some 70 tonnes of personal goods and contraband items were seized by Chattogram Customs House on Sunday for being imported under a false declaration of being factory machinery, apparently to evade duty.
8 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Duty Dodging at CTG Port: Tricks not so secret
In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, four expatriates returned from Saudi Arabia by air on November 29 last year.
29 January 2021, 18:00 PM
AL wins big amid big irregularities
The Chattogram City Corporation polls yesterday were marred by violence and the capture of scores of polling centres by Awami League men amid a low turnout of voters.
27 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Fix bottled soybean oil price at Tk 124 a litre
The Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) has recommended setting the maximum retail price of soybean oil at Tk 124 a litre to tame its spiralling rates in the local market.
21 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Wheat import declines
Wheat imports declined 2 per cent or 72,000 tonnes in the first six months of fiscal 2020-21 compared to the corresponding months of the previous year as prices rose amid a shortage of supply in the international market.
17 January 2021, 18:00 PM
27,000 tonnes of imported onion lying at Ctg port
Some 27,000 tonnes of onion worth Tk 102 crore have apparently been abandoned at the Chattogram port by importers, as their market price expectations were decimated by an influx of the Indian variety and local harvests.
16 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Business leaders expect recovery by mid-2021
Several business leaders and entrepreneurs have expressed their hope that Bangladesh’s economy will start to recover from mid-2021 after the Covid-19 vaccine arrives.
31 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Edible oil prices on the rise
Local consumers now have to spend more on edible oil as prices are rising in the international market almost every week due to decreased production in exporting countries, weakening of supply chain and stockpiling amid the pandemic.
29 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Customs siezes containers for inflated export value
Bangla Food and Beverage Ltd tried to export one tonne of foods in place of 22 tonnes declared to claim higher cash incentives from the government against foreign sales, said the Chattogram Customs House.
23 December 2020, 18:00 PM
State enterprises’ profit falls to five-year low
State-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation’s net profit dropped 14.21 per cent in the last fiscal year because of a decline in fuel sales amid the pandemic-induced demand collapse.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Ctg customs badly shorthanded
The Chattogram Custom House continues to operate with around half of the authorised posts being vacant, hampering its supervision on tax evasion and monitoring of import-export goods.
12 December 2020, 18:00 PM
A cancer hospital for the people, by people
Chattogram Maa O Shishu Hospital is planning to extend its services for residents of the port city, with a full-fledged 100-bed cancer hospital and research institute.
23 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh seeks to boost Japanese investment
A tripartite agreement between two local trade bodies and the Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro) was signed yesterday to strengthen private sector engagement in trade and investment between Japan and Bangladesh.
22 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Custom House, Ctg: Where 1 tonne is not always 1 tonne
MS Selim Machinery, a Jashore-based company, imported car parts from India through the Chattogram Port in March this year.
21 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Edible oil prices keep rising
The price of edible oil has risen in local markets amid stockpiling by large economies owing to the potential threat of a second wave of the coronavirus and a rising cost of all products worldwide, according to market players.
11 November 2020, 18:00 PM