Mizanur Rahman Yousuf

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Economy

Frozen fish, shrimp exports rebound with 19% growth, India and China top destinations

The coffin of Abdul Hamid arrived at Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport on Friday morning. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Body of Abdul Hamid, a July Uprising protester, returns home from UAE prison

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Bangladesh

Ctg port makes hefty profits yet why its tariff was hiked

Photo collage of the sailors and their catch. Photos: Shahid Sarkar
Industry

Fish catch in Bay drops 21% in three years, hilsa plummets 78%

Mohammad Amirul Haque. Sketch: TBS
Interviews

'I want Ctg chamber free of politics, focused on business': Seacom founder Amirul Haque

Workers craft suits at Thianis Apparels Limited—Chattogram’s first and only suit-manufacturing factory and a once-thriving Bangladesh–UK joint venture—now shuttered amid mounting financial distress and legal disputes with Bepza. Once exporting $10 million annually, the sealed facility lies silent, with 700 workers unpaid and $200,000 worth of garments trapped inside. Photo: Collected
Industry

Once a $10m exporter, Ctg's suit-maker Thianis now battles lawsuits, shipment delays

Tayiching Marma. File photo: Collected
Bangladesh

'My son didn't get to see his first child': Khagrachhari family laments as youth killed in clash

Pangaon Inland Container Depot, built in 2013 on 48.24 acres of land on the banks of the Buriganga in Keraniganj, was established to ease congestion at Chattogram port. However, the terminal now handles only a fraction of its capacity due to higher costs, slow customs clearance, and long transit times. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
Economy

Why businesses avoid Pangaon and what MSC wants to fix with $400m offer

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Aviation

Excessive airport surcharge buries airlines under debt

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Bangladesh

Shipbreakers caught in govt agencies’ wrangle over industry revenues

Representational image. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Padma Oil to begin jet fuel supply to Ctg airport via pipeline from Tuesday

Captain Nikolas LPG tanker, 2021. Photo: Hans Rosenkranz via Marine Traffic
Economy

Captain Nikolas resumes LPG transfer at Ctg Port after losing two-thirds of cargo value

A boat docked at a dockyard owned by the Prantik Group in Ichhanagar village of Charpatharghata union in Karnaphuli upazila, Chattogram. Photo: Collected
Health

Ctg's Prantik dockyard sandblasting sparks respiratory illness surge among children, elderly