Import and export activities through Benapole land port have remained suspended since yesterday morning due to protests from Indian traders for allegedly being harassed by India’s Border Security Force (BSF).

Following suit of garment makers, the terry towel makers also urged the government to ease the rules for yarn import through land port from India because of rising local prices of basic raw materials.

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has requested global apparel buyers to nominate more shipping lines and off-docks to facilitate timely shipment of export containers.

Over 3,000 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) of import-laden containers bound for Bangladesh are stranded at the Indian port of Krishnapatnam as the route’s two sole vessels no longer had permission to berth at the Chattogram port.

Local garment makers today urged the Indian authorities to take steps to remove barriers to trade through Bangaon-Benapole ports in order to get faster delivery of imported raw materials to make apparels for export markets.

The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) yesterday took some decisions, including prioritising berthing for Colombo-bound feeder vessels, aiming at clearing out exports piling up at private inland container depots (ICD).

 The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has caused a global economic crisis with Bangladesh being no exception. 

Around eight years past being constructed by the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA), one of the four lighter jetties started undergoing trial operations yesterday.

A container loaded with imported goods got damaged when a fire broke out inside a yard of Chattogram port today morning.

The customs houses will remain open to facilitate export and import activities during Eid holidays.

The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has urged the importers and other stakeholders to continue taking deliveries of import cargoes during Eid holidays as part of effort to avoid any possible congestion at the port.

Import and export between Bangladesh and India through the Benapole land port have been suspended since this morning due to a strike called by Petrapole port workers.

A container ship got stuck on one side of the Chittagong port's channel amid dense fog yesterday morning, disrupting vessel movement.

The four mobile container scanners donated by China to speed up the trade process have been lying idle for nearly

Chittagong port users and importers yesterday called for withdrawal of vehicle's weight limit set by the government on goods

Chittagong port handled about 2.56 million twenty-foot equivalent units of import, export and empty containers last year, up 9.36

The government earned Tk 111 crore in revenues from the country's land ports this year, much higher from Tk 28 crore in 2009,

Chittagong Customs House has set another date to auction off 93 tonnes of unclaimed apple and ginger after none

Much-awaited Tamabil Land Port is inaugurated along Gowainghat border in Sylhet which is expected to boost country’s business with Indian states of Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland and Assam.

Thailand's Department of Special Investigation (DSI) discovers graft scam involving 560 employees including many high-ranking officials of the Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) and cost between US$9 million and US$12 million.