The customs authority has withdrawn import duties on 43 types of Bhutanese goods to give them better market access to Bangladesh, according to a notification issued by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) recently.

The Mongla Port made a new record on August 7 when a Malaysian ship— MV Malaysia Star—reached the port in Bagerhat with 1,280 reconditioned cars from Japan in a single consignment.

The cross-border trade between India and Bangladesh through Hili land port in Dinajpur resumed on Saturday after an eight-day closure for Eid-ul-Azha.

Bangladeshi mangoes with its flavour and taste are winning hearts in many foreign lands.

The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has recently saved a severely damaged oceangoing ship, victim of an accident mid sea, which could have caused loss of export cargoes worth Tk 800 crore and block the whole channel for future navigation.

Bhutan wants Bangladesh to make 2017’s transit route deal functional soon so that the landlocked country can use Mongla and Banglabandha ports to carry goods from and to Bangladesh through India.

Bangladesh Bank has formed a Tk 2,000 crore refinance scheme to ensure sustainable development of the shipping industry, increase export earnings and employment and gradually reduce import dependence.

Following the success of the first direct container shipping service between Chattogram and Italy launched in February this year, several European logistics providers have taken the initiative to commence similar services in order to get rid of the long delays in transporting cargo on the current routes using transhipment ports.

Thanks to the success of the first direct container shipping service between Chattogram and Italy commenced in February this year, several Europe-based logistics providers now also want to launch such services for faster transportation of Bangladesh’s export cargoes.

The customs offices will remain open on a limited scale during the Eid and weekly holidays beginning from April 29 to May 4 to ensure smooth operation of export and import activities at the ports.

The Chattogram port might soon be able to accommodate bigger vessels of up to 200 metres in length and having a draught of up to 10 metres, said Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) Chairman M Shahjahan yesterday.

The Bangladesh Bank today asked banks to track shipments of exported goods to stop trade-based money laundering.

Chattogram Customs House has seized a consignment of Sagar Jute Diversified Industries, as the Narayanganj-based export-oriented company has been trying to shipped goods 16 times lower goods than declaration.

Trade through Benapole port has remained suspended since Sunday morning, as five organisations of the port users have went for an indefinite strike demanding withdrawal of cases filed by the customs authority and resumption of the licences of the clearing and forwarding (C&F) agents.

The Gubrakura and Karaitali land ports in Haluaghat upazila of Mymensingh that connect Bangladesh with India are yet to become fully operational despite being opened about 10 years ago.

Custom House, Chattogram yesterday handed over three vehicles, two BMWs and one Toyota, which were brought to the Chattogram port duty-free under a United Nations convention and now auctioned off for Tk 1.45 crore.

A small sized container vessel, MV Songa Cheetah, left the Chattogram port for Italy’s Port of Ravenna yesterday afternoon with 952 TEUs of export-laden containers, marking the first round trip in container shipping service between Bangladesh and Europe.

Container vessel MV Songa Cheetah that came directly from the Port of Ravenna in Italy got a berth at Chattogram port immediately after its arrival yesterday.

A direct waterborne service has been introduced between the Chattogram port and an Italian port, paving the way for opening up prospects for faster and cheaper direct container shipping from Bangladesh to Europe.

Bangladesh’s premier seaport in Chattogram handled record number of containers in 2021 and also posted over 13 per cent year-on-year growth in container handling.