The loss estimates need to be submitted within three working days
Receipt also jumped 13% to Tk 77,685 crore when diesel became the top revenue generator
A high-level technical probe committee will be formed to assess the matter, says M Sakhawat Hossain
The city recorded 153.6 millimetres of rainfall in the 24 hours leading up to 12:00pm today
The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) will operate its New Mooring Container Terminal for the next six months or until a new operator is chosen.
Iran may shut down the route through which Bangladesh’s fuel supplying nations move ships
Despite the government's announcement of fixed prices -- Tk 60–65 per sq ft for salted cowhide in Dhaka and Tk 55–60 outside the capital -- traders in Chattogram said most transactions took place at significantly lower rates
Although the National Board of Revenue (NBR) resumed regular operations yesterday after nearly two weeks of protests and work abstentions, ship and container congestion has once again gripped the Chattogram Port, triggering concern among businesses over potential delays in cargo handling and increased logistics costs.
During the 2021 Covid lockdown, Priungshu Roy Chowdhury, a schoolboy from Chattogram, found a productive way to spend his time by learning to sing the national anthems of 120 countries in just eight months.
Defying law, shipbreakers in Chattogram are breaking scrap vessels without obtaining clearance from the Department of Environment (DoE), putting the environment at risk.
It was early in the morning on a Saturday. The Sun was peeping behind the cloud. The road at Raoshan Hat in Chandanaish upazila was wet due to overnight rain.
HC stays requirement of consent from Bangladesh Ocean Going Ship Owners’ Association (BOGSOA)
Maersk Group CEO to meet PM Hasina
With the number of patients increasing every day, dengue has already become a menace in Chattogram this month. And if proper actions are not taken, the outbreak threatens to wreak havoc in the region.
Most of the Muslim devotees of the port city are unaware of a hidden gem of Islamic heritage in the heart of the city. The Kadam Mubarak Mosque, located in Jamal Khan in port city has been carrying the history of the Mughal era. But the most unique and interesting thing about it is that the mosque is believed to have a footprint of the beloved prophet Muhammad (pbuh) for the last 350 years.
“Only God knows how we survived. First, it was the cyclone, and then came the fishing ban, and then another depression. We could only hope for better days soon. But the wait was too long.”
“Due to continuous rain, no buyers are visiting the plant fair for the last four days. We hope to see a good turn-out when the rain recedes,” said Nusrat Jahan Mim, owner of Bagan Bilas Nursery.
Chattogram city dwellers will have to bear the nuisance of sewage pollution in the Karnaphuli and Halda rivers even longer, as the completion deadline for the Sewerage Treatment Plant-1 project has been extended.
