The government is considering appointing some of the world’s most experienced port operators to manage Chattogram Port and other sea and land ports in the region, said Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam yesterday.

Local operator Saif Powertec Ltd is currently operating the port's New Mooring Container Terminal

The association sent letters to the US embassy and an American cotton traders’ body

The fresh gas price hike has become a major challenge for local industries at a time when they are at risk of experiencing a fall in exports to the US due to the new Trump tariffs, a trade expert said today.

Bangladesh shipped apparels worth $5.74 billion in the July-March period to the USA

The contract will be signed on April 22 under the phase 1 of the Matarbari Port Development Project

Some Least Developed Countries (LDCs), including Bangladesh, are likely to see their exports rise in the US, said a report by the World Trade Organization (WTO).

India yesterday said its withdrawal of transshipment facility to Bangladesh for third-country exports should be seen in the backdrop of “some of the developments” that preceded it.

Revenue collection by Chattogram Customs House rose 12 percent over the past nine months thanks to the easing of import restrictions, with shipments of Ramadan essentials surging ahead of the month of fasting for Muslims..The country’s top revenue earner collected Tk 55,346 crore in the Ju

They also suggested increasing US content in manufactured goods to 20% to qualify for reduced tariff rates

The CCCI submitted 114 proposals for the upcoming budget

The founder of Korean EPZ praises the steps taken by the chief adviser

The pharmaceuticals will be commercialised under Renata’s branding

A group of outsiders led allegedly by a few BNP leaders announced resisting the upcoming election of BSAA

Mother vessels can no longer berth directly at Payra

The shipping ministry has approved a special incentive bonus of Tk 60,000 for all categories of employees of the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) and the ministry for achieving record cargo and container handling at the port.

Tension surrounds the upcoming biennial election of the Bangladesh Shipping Agents Association (BSAA), scheduled to be held next month, as a group of outsider pro-BNP business leaders are allegedly pressuring for the selection of an unelected committee comprising their chosen members.

As part of the initiative, the CPA arranged an 11-day training on the use of the IORIS platform

SM Faruqi Hasan, founding president of the Ontario unit of the Awami League, is involved in the case

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has exempted advance tax on the import of raw materials used to manufacture cancer drugs, according to a notification issued earlier this month.