Middle East conflict disrupting garment production: BGMEA president
Star Business Report
15 April 2026, 21:02 PM Business
Bangladeshi ship heads for Strait of Hormuz after 39-day wait
Staff Correspondent, Ctg
8 April 2026, 16:12 PM Business
Bangladesh’s exports fall for eighth consecutive month
Star Business Report
2 April 2026, 20:11 PM Business
High Court order puts CCCI election on hold again
Star Business Report, Ctg
2 April 2026, 18:45 PM Business
BGMEA wants single-digit bank interest rates
Star Business Report
11 March 2026, 18:02 PM Business
Chittagong Chamber’s election on April 4
Star Business Report, Ctg
4 March 2026, 20:20 PM Business
Iran-US conflict: Bangladesh in close contact with vessel at UAE port
Star Business Report
1 March 2026, 20:12 PM Business

17 local firms join world's biggest textile fair Heimtextil

The four-day exhibition began on Jan 9 in Germany
10 January 2024, 13:41 PM

Deposits in micro-savers' accounts rise 12%

The deposits in no-frills accounts hit Tk 3,849 crore in Jul-Sep quarter
6 January 2024, 15:13 PM

Export earnings fall slightly in Dec

Exports decreased by 1.06% to $5.3 billion
2 January 2024, 11:15 AM

Maersk suspends vessels' passage through Red Sea strait for 48 hours

Maersk suspending its vessels' passage through a key Red Sea strait for 48 hours, following an attack by Yemeni rebels on one of its merchant ships
31 December 2023, 10:11 AM

Abu Dhabi Ports Group seeks to invest $1b in Bay Terminal

Abu Dhabi (AD) Ports Group has offered to invest $1 billion to construct a multipurpose terminal, one of four under Bay Terminal, in a joint venture with Chittagong Port Authority (CPA), said CPA Chairman Rear Admiral Mohammad Sohail yesterday.
27 December 2023, 18:00 PM

AD Ports offers to invest $1b in Ctg port

Abu Dhabi (AD) Ports Group has offered to invest $1 billion to construct a multipurpose terminal, one of four under Bay Terminal, in a joint venture with Chittagong Port Authority (CPA), said CPA Chairman Rear Admiral Mohammad Sohail today.
27 December 2023, 13:45 PM

Container handling to fall for second consecutive year

For the second year in a row, the Chattogram seaport may face a drop in annual container throughput due to frequent declines in monthly container handling.
26 December 2023, 16:23 PM

Red Sea impasse to push up cost of importers-exporters

Importers and exporters in Bangladesh started to feel the pinch of the transit disruption through the Red Sea route as major shipping lines announced, and in some cases even began implementing, additional surcharges to cover costs for re-routing their vessels around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope following attacks by the Yemen-based Houthi militant group on the Indian Ocean.
25 December 2023, 15:45 PM

Shipping dept forms committee to solve disputes

A committee will be formed comprising representatives of all the stakeholders and regulatory authorities to find a way forward by resolving the prevailing disputes among lighter vessel owners regarding transport of import cargo from the Chattogram port on inland waterways.
24 December 2023, 18:00 PM

Shipping dept calls owners to sit for solution today

The Department of Shipping (DoS) has called a meeting at its Dhaka office today in the afternoon for lighter vessel owners to sit and fix a rift in a platform which coordinates the renting out of the vessels in rotation.
23 December 2023, 18:00 PM

Post-LDC challenges now a headache for Bangladesh: finance secretary

The govt targets achieving one crore direct taxpayers by 2026, he says
20 December 2023, 14:23 PM

GSP Finance incurs loss for fourth consecutive quarter

Its EPS stood at Tk 2.75 in the negative in Jul-Sep
20 December 2023, 12:08 PM

Ctg-based lighter vessel owners announce split from Water Transport Cell

They will operate separately under the Inland Vessel Owners Association of Chattogram
19 December 2023, 16:57 PM

Indo-Bangla meetings of shipping secretaries begin

The event is going on at Intercontinental Hotel in Dhaka
19 December 2023, 15:13 PM

Exporters fear delays, surge in cost

Bangladeshi exporters are apprehending prolonged delays in shipments and a surge in transport costs following recent attacks on commercial vessels on the Red Sea
19 December 2023, 00:15 AM

Bangladesh, India meeting on waterways use Dec 19-20

A meeting between the shipping secretaries of Bangladesh and India is scheduled to begin in a Dhaka hotel on December 20.
14 December 2023, 19:00 PM

CPA hopes to sign deals with 2 firms by June

CPA is hopeful of signing agreements with two global firms by June next year for the construction of two of three container terminals under a mega Bay Terminal project
14 December 2023, 00:30 AM

Chattogram port in focus as Russian shipping giant expands in Asia

Fesco introduced a container service in Bangladesh as a part of its push to facilitate direct shipping from the Indian subcontinent to Russia.
14 December 2023, 00:20 AM
13 December 2023, 15:19 PM

IMF, ADB loans to boost reserves in Dec: Bangladesh Bank

IMF will give $689 million, ADB $400 million and other sources $220 million
13 December 2023, 11:07 AM