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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


Chittagong Port moves four employees over industrial action against foreign lease

Dhaka, Jan. 31 -- Following a work stoppage at the Chittagong Port, four employees who led protests against the leasing of the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) to foreign operators have been trans... Read More


Work stoppage over NCT foreign deal brings Ctg port operations to a standstill

Dhaka, Jan. 31 -- Chittagong Port workers and employees have launched a work stoppage to protest the decision to appoint foreign companies to operate the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT). The ope... Read More


NCT lease: Chittagong Port Authority warns of punishment if protests turn 'chaotic'

Dhaka, Jan. 30 -- The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has warned of disciplinary action against employees involved in protests against the government's decision to lease out the New Mooring Container ... Read More


Government destabilising country with NCT foreign deal before election, says BaSaD's Masud Rana

Dhaka, Jan. 30 -- The Socialist Party of Bangladesh's (BaSaD-Marxist) Central Coordinator Masud Rana has said the government is destabilising the country ahead of the parliamentary polls by signing a ... Read More


Navy member killed as bus hits motorcycle in Chattogram

Dhaka, Jan. 30 -- A member of the Bangladesh Navy has been killed and another injured after a bus hit their motorcycle in Chattogram's Patiya. The accident happened on Friday at the Patiya bypass on ... Read More


Teen dies as truck hits autorickshaw in Chattogram's Mirsarai

Dhaka, Jan. 28 -- A passenger on a CNG-run autorickshaw has died after a truck struck the three-wheeler in Chattogram's Mirsarai. Three others were injured in the accident that occurred in Borotakia ... Read More


US hinted at tariff relief for Bangladeshi goods, says Lutfey Siddiqi

Dhaka, Jan. 27 -- Chattogram CorrespondentBangladeshi goods may soon face lower tariffs in the United States, Chief Advisor's International Affairs Special Envoy Lutfey Siddiqi has said after recent b... Read More


Power Advisor Fouzul says raising civil service salaries not feasible for 'time constraints'

Dhaka, Jan. 27 -- Implementation unlikely now: Advisor Fouzul sees no time to implement the Pay Commission's recommendations; decisions are left for the next government. Phased approach: Even if impl... Read More


Rangunia Awami League leaders among 26 named in inquiry into attack on Fakhrul's convoy

Dhaka, Jan. 27 -- Police have submitted an investigation report against 26 individuals over the attack on BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir's motorcade at Rangunia's Ichakhali Bazar in... Read More