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
Ctg Liquor Haul: Port, Customs at odds over storage
The Chattogram Customs House has yet to start making an inventory of the consignments seized at the port on July 23 on charge of containing large quantities of foreign liquor.
1 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Six customs men ‘helped’ dodge tax
The Chattogram Custom House found evidence of corruption against six of its officials who allegedly helped an importer dodge taxes on consignments released from the Chattogram airport earlier this month.
30 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Tk 790cr goods sold locally misusing bonded facility
Goods worth Tk 790 crore, which were imported under the duty-free bonded warehouse facility, were sold in the local market by more than 100 garments and accessories factories in Chattogram in the past five years.
25 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Huge haul of liquor in Ctg
Chattogram Customs House seized a huge consignment of alcohol, imported as capital machinery for a power plant, from three barges in the Karnaphuli river on Tuesday night. The consignment was offloaded on to the barges from a mother vessel from China.
24 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Chattogram Port: Tk 10,000cr goods left abandoned
Goods worth around Tk 10,000 crore have been left abandoned by importers at the Chattogram Port for the past five and half years, depriving customs of revenue and leading to a space crisis.
22 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Mostafa Group eyes a comeback
Debt-ridden Mostafa Group wants to pay back Tk 1,500 crore loans with around three dozen lenders taking advantage of the central bank’s rescheduling facility, as it looks to make a comeback.
21 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Cigarette maker dodges Tk 62cr VAT: customs
International Tobacco Industries Ltd, a Chattogram-based cigarette manufacturer, has dodged Tk 62 crore in value added tax by importing 169 tonnes of raw materials under a fake company, according to a probe report.
18 July 2019, 18:45 PM
Apparel maker dodges Tk 57 lakh tax
An apparel company has evaded Tk 57 lakh tax in allegedly connivance with customs officials in Chattogram by producing forged bank statements while getting its cargo released from the port, customs found.
11 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Shah Amanat Airport: Goods released on forged papers
A clearing and forwarding (C&F) agent took delivery of nine consignments of various goods from Chattogram’s Shah Amanat International Airport in December last year allegedly using forged documents.
23 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Sugar price rises overnight in port city
Sugar prices have gone up by Tk 120 per mound in the Khatunganj-Chaktai market, the hub for wholesale of commodities in Chattogram, soon after the proposed budget for 2019-20 was placed on Thursday.
15 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Three realtors in Ctg dodge Tk 15cr in VAT
The Chattogram Customs, Excise and VAT Commissionerate has found that three real estate companies dodged about Tk 15 crore in
12 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Ctg customs badly understaffed
Most officials at Customs House Chattogram are not only performing their designated duties but also filling in for vacant posts for an acute shortage of workforce.
25 May 2019, 18:00 PM
Prices to remain stable in Ramadan
Prices of basic commodities will remain stable in Chattogram during the month of Ramadan because of adequate stock and supply, said traders and a senior government official yesterday.
18 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Imported Goods: Samples tampered for dodging tax
Lack of due diligence by the customs authorities in Chattogram has resulted in samples of imported goods allegedly being tampered with before testing to dodge taxes.
3 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Detectives in the dark
Customs detectives are yet to figure out the types of goods that were in the 22 consignments fraudsters made way with by stealing log-in credentials of revenue officials.
28 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Ran aground, not removed in 2yrs
Crystal Gold, the vessel that ran aground at Chattogram's Parki Sea Beach two years ago during cyclone Mora, is still there threatening the environment.
22 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Chattogram EPZ to reopen 11 factories
The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (Bepza) has taken an initiative to reopen 11 factories and create around 10,000 jobs in Chattogram Export Processing Zone within a year.
28 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Undelivered imported goods burden Ctg port
Long delays in auctioning off goods brought in and abandoned by importers at the Chattogram Port are not only damaging a good portion of the items but also depriving the authorities and shipping agents of revenues.
20 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Gas Crisis in Ctg: Rush at restaurants and electric appliance stores
Gas supply remained suspended in one-third area of port city for the third consecutive day yesterday, intensifying public distress and forcing many to buy food from restaurants.
18 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Gas crisis continues in port city
The gas outage in a vast area of Chattogram continued for the second consecutive day yesterday, causing untold sufferings to the port city dwellers and partially disrupting industrial production and power generation.
17 February 2019, 18:00 PM