Chattogram port, Bangladesh’s busiest maritime gateway, plays a central role in the country’s trade, handling nearly 95 percent of imports and exports. Its smooth operation is critical not only for the $100 billion maritime trade it facilitates annually but also for the broader competitiveness of Bangladesh’s economy as it prepares to graduate from Least Developed Country status.
Importers cry foul as locomotive shortage slows Dhaka-bound cargo transport
Firms with fraudulent papers caught importing cigarette raw material, evading taxes
From snooping devices carried in backpacks to locate people through their phones to a massive infrastructure that can intercept even end-to-end encryption from a central command centre, the Awami League government had been on an increasingly aggressive trajectory towards building a powerful surveillance state.
Police arms records show the brutal truth behind the July killings; the force bought 7 times more lethal weapons than non-lethal ones in 2021-23
Receipt also jumped 13% to Tk 77,685 crore when diesel became the top revenue generator
Bangladesh will auction around Tk 100 crore worth of abandoned imports on August 8, in the first such sale held under a special order aimed at easing the severe congestion at the country’s ports.
Major customs houses across Bangladesh, including that in Chattogram, have been facing delays in processing exports and imports for days now due to recurring slowdowns in the server that handles the records.
Chattogram port, Bangladesh’s busiest maritime gateway, plays a central role in the country’s trade, handling nearly 95 percent of imports and exports. Its smooth operation is critical not only for the $100 billion maritime trade it facilitates annually but also for the broader competitiveness of Bangladesh’s economy as it prepares to graduate from Least Developed Country status.
Importers cry foul as locomotive shortage slows Dhaka-bound cargo transport
Firms with fraudulent papers caught importing cigarette raw material, evading taxes
From snooping devices carried in backpacks to locate people through their phones to a massive infrastructure that can intercept even end-to-end encryption from a central command centre, the Awami League government had been on an increasingly aggressive trajectory towards building a powerful surveillance state.
Police arms records show the brutal truth behind the July killings; the force bought 7 times more lethal weapons than non-lethal ones in 2021-23
Receipt also jumped 13% to Tk 77,685 crore when diesel became the top revenue generator
Bangladesh will auction around Tk 100 crore worth of abandoned imports on August 8, in the first such sale held under a special order aimed at easing the severe congestion at the country’s ports.
Major customs houses across Bangladesh, including that in Chattogram, have been facing delays in processing exports and imports for days now due to recurring slowdowns in the server that handles the records.
The consignment was imported under the name of Savar-based exporter Eagle Textile
Degrading infrastructure cripples Chattogram's BSCIC estates, leaving a third of factories idle