BPC may run out of funds for fuel imports in Oct
18 September 2026
The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) may run out of funds to open letters of credit (LCs) for fuel imports sometime in October unless the government provides fresh financing, as soaring global oil prices have put the state-run agency under severe financial pressure.
18 September 2026
Red Sea tensions drive up import costs
14 September 2026
A crude oil tanker of Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC), MT Ninemia, arrived at Chattogram port from Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
14 September 2026
BPC panel against fuel imports by private sector
1 September 2026
Allowing private companies to directly import and market refined petroleum products could lead to revenue losses, artificial shortages, hoarding, price volatility, substandard fuel and risks to national energy security, said a BPC committee.
1 September 2026
Sugar prices surge amid gas crisis, India’s return to imports
24 August 2026
Sugar prices are rising as the ongoing gas crisis is curbing production at local refineries, which had stepped up output after three major suppliers exited the market.
24 August 2026
Phantom exports worth Tk 24cr surface
16 August 2026
At least 29 consignments logged as exports, while officials allege raw materials were sold locally and incentives claimed
16 August 2026
Laldia terminal construction to begin soon
14 August 2026
Construction of the long-awaited Laldia Container Terminal at Chattogram port is set to move forward, with the government scheduled to lay the foundation stone for the $550 million project on August 30, in partnership with Denmark.
14 August 2026
Profit streak to cash crisis: BPC seeks Tk 18,699cr lifeline
11 August 2026
Citing the rapid depletion of its cash reserves, BPC said continued losses could affect its ability to open letters of credit (LCs) for future fuel imports, according to minutes of a BPC board meeting in July.
11 August 2026
Logistics woes stand in way of Ctg export hub
1 August 2026
Economic, free trade zones, terminals, deep-sea port are reshaping region
1 August 2026
Highest bids range from Tk 2.5 lakh to Tk 50 lakh
Custom House Chattogram has auctioned off 78 luxury cars whose brands included that of BMW, Land Rover, Mitsubishi, Mercedes and Lexus and which attracted individual bids of a maximum of Tk 2.5 lakh to Tk 50.5 lakh.
6 October 2022
Soybean oil: Refiners’ price cuts taking effect in retails
Refiners in Bangladesh have cut the price of soybean oil and the new rates have started to take effect in the kitchen markets of Dhaka.
6 October 2022
Businesses dealt a blow
Business and industrial activities were disrupted for several hours since yesterday afternoon as the national power grid failed, plunging half of the country into darkness.
5 October 2022
Nearly five years on, govt supervision yet to come about
Bangladesh Ship Recycling Act, 2018 was enacted four and a half years ago but its implementation has stayed limited to just the formation of a board.
29 September 2022
Essential commodities: Price rise for global hike not justified
Whenever the price of a commodity increases in the local market, the traders and wholesalers have the readymade excuse of a price hike in the international market. But a recent study by an intelligence agency found their justification to be unsubstantiated.
27 September 2022
Customs seeks explanations from BM Container
Custom House Chattogram has served a notice to BM Container Depot asking why its private bonded warehouse licence should not be cancelled following the recent deadly explosions and fire inside it.
20 September 2022
Imported steel still visually assessed for duty
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has no definite guideline on grading steel, prompting duty evasion through underinvoicing and adoption of other unfair means by dishonest importers, depriving the government of hundreds of crores of taka in revenue each year.
18 September 2022
Flammable materials to be prohibited in Karnaphuli tunnel
Scanners will be installed at both ends of the Karnaphuli tunnel in Chattogram to make sure that vehicles carrying flammable goods cannot use the underwater structure.
12 September 2022
New policy expedites auctioning of abandoned, smuggled goods
Smuggled or abandoned liquor and cigarettes from now can be sold off at a minimum of 60 per cent of their value to shops listed by customs instead of being kept on hold for sale by Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation.
6 September 2022
Import of cement raw materials rises
Import of raw materials used in manufacturing cement has increased in recent months in spite of the items turning pricier.
4 September 2022
Sugar price hike: JS body slams two ministers
A parliamentary watchdog yesterday came down heavily on Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun for the price spiral of sugar despite ample supply of the commodity.
25 August 2022
Padma’s oil tank sealed off for duty dodging
For the past two months a storage tank of state-run Padma Oil Company containing nearly 6,000 tonnes of furnace oil has been kept sealed off by Custom House, Chattogram on charges of dodging duty of Tk 116.74 crore.
24 August 2022
Soybean oil officially up Tk 7-9 a litre
The government yesterday hiked the price of soybean oil for the fourth time this year even though the price of the product in the international market held steady in the past month.
23 August 2022
Petroleum remains NBR’s major source of revenue
Petroleum imports continue to be the major source of revenue for Custom House, Chattogram thanks to higher tariffs.
16 August 2022
Wheat prices may cool off in local market
The price of wheat in Bangladesh may come down as its export from Ukraine has resumed following an agreement with Russia.
3 August 2022
‘Importing’ goods ‘Made in Bangladesh’
A Chinese company housed in the Chattogram Export Processing Zone imported finished goods with “Made in Bangladesh” labels by declaring those as raw materials, in an incident that violated both local and international rules.
31 July 2022
‘Couldn’t help but drag them for half kilometre’
The locomotive driver of the Mahanagar Prabhati train, which hit a microbus on Friday morning killing 11, said he had no time to pull the brakes.
30 July 2022
Fun trip ends in tragedy
A picnic was organised to boost the morale of a batch of SSC and HSC students, but the smiling faces in the group photo taken yesterday morning will remain a poignant reminder that some of those lives were cruelly cut short mere hours later.
29 July 2022
Illegally imported liquor: Five containers seized in 3 days
Customs officials seized five containers of liquor imported through false declaration in the last three days.
25 July 2022
Yarn, machines on paper, liquor in reality
Customs and law enforcement agencies seized a huge amount of liquor, imported on the false declaration of being machines and yarn, from inside two container trucks at Narayanganj’s Sonargaon upazila in the early hours of yesterday.
23 July 2022