Budget pushes reforms in ports, logistics to attract investment
11 hour(s) ago
The proposals, outlined in the national budget for fiscal year 2026-27 (FY27), include new incentives and regulatory changes covering free trade zones, off-docks, inland container depots (ICDs), air cargo operations and port management
11 hour(s) ago
Budget FY27: Who stands to win and lose from tax changes
11 June 2026, 00:00 AM
The BNP government is set to unveil a series of tax measures in the new budget for fiscal year 2026-27 today, offering incentives for green industries, digital entrepreneurs and technology manufacturers, while imposing higher taxes on tobacco products, conventional fuel-powered vehicles and selected imports.
11 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Imported at Tk 370, helmets sold for up to Tk 4,500
7 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Country’s fast-growing motorcycle fleet and rising fatality rates contrast with helmet imports declared at a fraction of their retail value
7 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Imported at Tk 370, helmets sold for up to Tk 4,500
6 June 2026, 21:23 PM
Country’s fast-growing motorcycle fleet and rising fatality rates contrast with helmet imports declared at a fraction of their retail value
6 June 2026, 21:23 PM
Rawhide traders’ woes continue
30 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Rawhide prices in Dhaka rose slightly on the second day of Eid-ul-Azha, still well below government-set prices, while traders outside the capital were forced to dump unsold hides due to low prices.
30 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Hundreds of rawhides left on roads in Ctg
29 May 2026, 16:01 PM
Foul odour spreads as traders abandon unsold hides
29 May 2026, 16:01 PM
Govt expects no urea shortage for Aman season
24 May 2026, 01:20 AM
BCIC chairman expects stock to exceed Aman demand of 6.5 lakh tonnes by June 30
24 May 2026, 01:20 AM
Ginger prices spike before Eid as importers delay port release
22 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Ginger prices have nearly doubled in a matter of weeks ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, as importers left up to 11 lakh kg of the spice stranded for as long as a month at Chattogram port.
22 May 2026, 00:00 AM
7 killed as gas blast rips apart Ctg house
Julekha Khanam Farzana told her younger son Atifur Rahman that she would come back to pick him up from school after dropping his elder brother at tutor’s house in Chattogram city’s Patharghata area.
17 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Soaring Onion Prices: Shady traders at it again
Chattogram-based Alam Traders received a consignment of 59,880 kilogrammes of Burmese onions at Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf land port on November 11. The importer paid about Tk 43 for each kg, show its documents.
16 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Rallying to protect communal harmony
Teachers and students of Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Muinul Islam Madrasa, popularly known as Hathazari Madrasa, saved a temple from vandalism when a group of people started throwing brick chunks at it on Sunday evening.
21 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Dice rolling in thru’ legal cracks
Taking advantage of loopholes in laws and policies, importers brought in at least five consignments of gambling equipment.
Even though a 152-year-old law prohibits gambling and the constitution assigns the state to “adopt effective measures to prevent
25 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Money Laundering Incidents: Ctg customs not doing much
The Chattogram Customs House has been sitting on incidents of money laundering for years and only recently filed two such cases a year after being asked to do so.
19 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Toxic animal feed still coming in
The Chattogram Customs House has recently seized 2,717 tonnes of imported fish and poultry feed containing hazardous ingredients like meat and bone meal (MBM), animal bones and by-products of pigs, which can cause cancer in humans.
17 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Port signature forgers let off bypassing law
The 22 clearing and forwarding agents and importers guilty of forging signatures and stamp seals of government officials in the past
14 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Caught in the web of con artists
It was a dream come true for Milon Chakraborty, a resident of Lalmonirhat district. For the last one year and a half, he had been pursuing a lifelong dream of having a job at Chattogram Customs.
12 September 2019, 18:00 PM
National Identity Cards: At least 73 dubious applications in EC database
At least 73 suspicious applications were uploaded to the Election Commission database for issuing national identity cards, a government committee has found while probing the forged NID card of a Rohingya woman in Chattogram.
3 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Ctg Liquor Haul: Port, Customs at odds over storage
The Chattogram Customs House has yet to start making an inventory of the consignments seized at the port on July 23 on charge of containing large quantities of foreign liquor.
1 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Six customs men ‘helped’ dodge tax
The Chattogram Custom House found evidence of corruption against six of its officials who allegedly helped an importer dodge taxes on consignments released from the Chattogram airport earlier this month.
30 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Tk 790cr goods sold locally misusing bonded facility
Goods worth Tk 790 crore, which were imported under the duty-free bonded warehouse facility, were sold in the local market by more than 100 garments and accessories factories in Chattogram in the past five years.
25 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Huge haul of liquor in Ctg
Chattogram Customs House seized a huge consignment of alcohol, imported as capital machinery for a power plant, from three barges in the Karnaphuli river on Tuesday night. The consignment was offloaded on to the barges from a mother vessel from China.
24 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Chattogram Port: Tk 10,000cr goods left abandoned
Goods worth around Tk 10,000 crore have been left abandoned by importers at the Chattogram Port for the past five and half years, depriving customs of revenue and leading to a space crisis.
22 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Mostafa Group eyes a comeback
Debt-ridden Mostafa Group wants to pay back Tk 1,500 crore loans with around three dozen lenders taking advantage of the central bank’s rescheduling facility, as it looks to make a comeback.
21 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Cigarette maker dodges Tk 62cr VAT: customs
International Tobacco Industries Ltd, a Chattogram-based cigarette manufacturer, has dodged Tk 62 crore in value added tax by importing 169 tonnes of raw materials under a fake company, according to a probe report.
18 July 2019, 18:45 PM
Apparel maker dodges Tk 57 lakh tax
An apparel company has evaded Tk 57 lakh tax in allegedly connivance with customs officials in Chattogram by producing forged bank statements while getting its cargo released from the port, customs found.
11 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Shah Amanat Airport: Goods released on forged papers
A clearing and forwarding (C&F) agent took delivery of nine consignments of various goods from Chattogram’s Shah Amanat International Airport in December last year allegedly using forged documents.
23 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Sugar price rises overnight in port city
Sugar prices have gone up by Tk 120 per mound in the Khatunganj-Chaktai market, the hub for wholesale of commodities in Chattogram, soon after the proposed budget for 2019-20 was placed on Thursday.
15 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Three realtors in Ctg dodge Tk 15cr in VAT
The Chattogram Customs, Excise and VAT Commissionerate has found that three real estate companies dodged about Tk 15 crore in
12 June 2019, 18:00 PM