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
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
Caught in the web of con artists
It was a dream come true for Milon Chakraborty, a resident of Lalmonirhat district. For the last one year and a half, he had been pursuing a lifelong dream of having a job at Chattogram Customs.
12 September 2019, 18:00 PM
National Identity Cards: At least 73 dubious applications in EC database
At least 73 suspicious applications were uploaded to the Election Commission database for issuing national identity cards, a government committee has found while probing the forged NID card of a Rohingya woman in Chattogram.
3 September 2019, 18:00 PM