Mizanur Rahman Yousuf

Towering cranes loom over stacks of shipping containers at Chattogram Port, where congestion has intensified as yard occupancy exceeds safe limits. On 19 August, stocks hit 48,751 TEUs—well above the 40,000 threshold for smooth operations. Despite reducing vessel backlogs by increasing berths, faster unloading has sharply strained storage capacity at the country’s busiest seaport. Photo: Md Minhaz Uddin
Bangladesh

Ship turnaround now faster but customs delays choke Ctg Port

File photo of containers at Chattogram port/TBS
Bangladesh

Two high-value containers vanish from Ctg port in six months, security in question

A pickup van got into an accident in Chattogram on 18 August 2025. Photo: Focus Bangla
Bangladesh

Joy turns to tragedy: Five dead in Chattogram pickup crash

Representational Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

One year on, 156 firearms looted from Ctg police stations still missing

A view of the Chattogram shipbreaking industry. Photo: TBS
Industry

Shipbreaking goes green: What is green certification?

A ride under construction at Biplob Udyan in Chattogram on 8 August 2025. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Endangered Ctg park to host ‘July fair’, Jubo Dal leader ‘obtains permission from mayor’

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Fear of hospital bill forces couple to leave newborn behind - 16 days later, an emotional reunion

Infograph: TBS
Economy

Cargo volume surges in July as US tariff looms, chokes Dhaka-Ctg highway

Forest Dept to transform 27 rest houses into resorts to attract tourists in reserve forests
Environment

Forest Dept to transform 27 rest houses into resorts to attract tourists in reserve forests

Infograph: TBS
Environment

Factories rise as forest falls: Mirsarai’s troubling trade-off

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
Bangladesh

Ctg’s first suit factory faces collapse amid rent dispute with Bepza

Former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury. Photo: TBS
Corruption

With mountains of wealth abroad, ex-land minister Saifuzzaman’s Tk127cr assets under ACC scanner back home 

Bangladesh’s coastal waters more polluted with microplastics than China’s: Study
Environment

Bangladesh’s coastal waters more polluted with microplastics than China’s: Study