Dhaka, Jan. 2 -- Container-depot owners have now agreed to revise handling charges upward by 20 per cent instead of previously announced 81 per cent for outbound goods-laden boxes following a meeting with Chittagong Port Authority (CPA).

The Bangladesh Inland Container Depots Association (BICDA) on 20 July 2025 had announced new charges in case of handling empty boxes and some other services it provides, with effect from September 1.

The BICDA had enforced the new charges but the users did not agree to pay. Keeping such a situation in view, depot owners had announced their service stoppage from December 11 2024 to press home their demand.

However, on CPA's request, the depot owners had postponed the strike for one month in order to res...