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Advisor Sakhawat faces protests at Chittagong Port amid ongoing strike

Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- Shipping Advisor M Sakhawat Hussain has faced protests from workers and employees during a visit to Chittagong Port amid an ongoing strike. Around 11am on Thursday, he came under fir... Read More


Indefinite strike halts cargo movement at Chittagong Port

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- Workers and employees at Chittagong Port are continuing their strike in protest against the government's initiative to lease the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) to a foreign comp... Read More


Chittagong Port workers launch indefinite strike over lease to foreign handlers

Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- Protesters have called a non-stop work stoppage to object to the decision to hand over management of Chittagong Port's New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) to UAE-based operator DP Wo... Read More


Shafiqur says smear tactics will not stop Jamaat

Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman has said his party seeks an end to all discrimination based on religion or caste, and it will no longer tolerate attempts to divide the nation by... Read More


Strike at Chittagong Port enters 3rd day

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Dock workers and terminal staff have continued their work stoppage for a third consecutive day to protest the handover of the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) to the UAE-based fir... Read More


15 Chittagong Port officials transferred again amid NCT protests

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Authorities have transferred for a second time 15 Chittagong Port officials involved in protests against leasing the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) to foreign handlers, in a mov... Read More


Another 15 Chittagong Port officials transferred amid NCT protests

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Authorities have transferred 15 more Chittagong Port officials involved in protests against lease of the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) to foreign handlers, a move denounced as ... Read More


Chittagong Port's staff, workers call fresh 24-hour strike against NCT lease to foreign handler

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- The Chittagong Port workers and employees have called another 24-hour strike in protest against the lease of the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) to a foreign company. The Chitta... Read More


Father seeks justice during testimony in Alif murder case

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Jamal Uddin, the father of slain lawyer Saiful Islam Alif and the plaintiff in the murder case, has testified before a Chattogram court, seeking justice and the swift completion of th... Read More


CPA transfers 12 more staff after protests over leasing port operations to foreign company

Dhaka, Feb. 1 -- The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has transferred 12 more employees who joined the protests against leasing the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) to a foreign company. They were... Read More