A localised but devastating trend has emerged: the transformation of the nation’s lighterage fleet into "floating warehouses.

DHAKA, Jan 26, 2026 (BSS) – Newly appointed US ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T. Christensen today visited Chattogram Port to reinforce commercial cooperation and strengthen bilateral ties, marking ...

Ambassador Christensen expressed Washington’s willingness to assist in making Chattogram Port more efficient, modern and globally competitive.

Bangladesh has become the eighth-largest market for US wheat in 2025, following last year’s contracts to purchase the staple ...

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T Christensen visited Chattogram port to mark the arrival of 60,000 MT of US wheat. The ...

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T Christensen held talks with business and civil society leaders in Chattogram during a two ...

The oft-congested Chattogram Port endured more worker unrest months after a customs officials strike and a customs server disruption contributed to a weekslong backlog at the Bangladeshi gateway. On ...

For more than three decades, one critical weakness has quietly shaped the development of Chattogram Port Authority (CPA): the absence of a comprehensive and transparent land-use plan.

(Munir UZ ZAMAN/AFP/AFP) Bangladesh's dock workers escalated a strike on Saturday at the country's biggest port, Chattogram, protesting plans by the interim government to lease operating licences to a ...

CHATTOGRAM, Jan 26, 2026 (BSS) – BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has said that if the BNP is voted ...

The consequences are now adding to port congestion, raising power generation costs at two coal-based plants, and exposing serious gaps in infrastructure planning ...