NCT Deal

NCT Deal

Police disperse protesters with batons during a demonstration against the DP World-NCT deal in Dhaka's Agargaon on 8 October 2026. Photo: Collected

Protest in Dhaka over NCT DP World deal; police baton charge to disperse demonstrators

Several organisations, including the Communist Party of Bangladesh and Basad, protested the 15-year concession agreement with UAE-based DP World to operate Chattogram port’s New Mooring Container...

Representational image. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS

Ctg Port workers threaten to halt operations over New Mooring terminal deal

Chattogram Port. Photo: TBS

Deal on NCT only if national interest protected: PM tells officials

A fleet of lighterage vessels lies stationary at Patenga on 8 February 2026, as operations at Chattogram Port’s outer anchorage are at halt due to the resumption of an indefinite strike over the proposed NCT lease. Photo: Mohammad Monhaj Uddin/TBS

Ctg Port row: Hearing on appeal over NCT lease deferred till tomorrow

High Court. Photo: Courtesy

Appeal accepted against HC verdict on NCT deal; govt barred from signing contract until disposal