Chittagong

Chattogram Bureau :Chattogram Customs House authorities have called the first auction of this year after a gap of more than three months.The first auction of this year began on Sunday with a total of 86 lots of products. However, most of the products included in the auction were auctioned earlier.Last year’s auction program of Chattogram Customs ended with auction number 42 on October 30 last year. After that Chattogram Customs was engaged in some work of destruction of goods. Now...

Chattogram Bureau :After three years, Chattogram Development Authority (CDA) got permission to use the railway site. There has already been a bilateral agreement between Railways and CDA. Initially it will be given for 10 years. CDA has been leased for Tk3 crore 4 lakh 92 thousand. As a result, there is no obstacle in the construction of the 16km long elevated expressway from Lalkhan Bazar to Patenga. CDA Chief Engineer Kazi Hasan Bin Shams and Railway Chief Land Property Officer...

Chattogram Bureau :Exporters have stopped the export of vegetables through Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport for an indefinite period. The exporters have announced the suspension of all vegetable export activities from Tuesday, complaining of ‘harassment’ by Assistant Commissioner Zainal Abedin, who is in charge of the customs unit of the airport. Exporters export about 15 tons of vegetables to different countries of the Middle East through Chattogram Airport. The market value of which is about Tk32 lakh. When asked, General...

Chattogram Bureau :Hajj package also declared recently by the authority and started pilgrims’ registration. In this situation for the greater interest of the pilgrims of Chattogram division, it is necessary to operate the Pahartali Hajj Camp in the Port City to avoid unnecessary hassle and complications of the intending thousands of hajis, Hajj agencies and their staffs in Dhaka. On the other hand, it is also necessary to decrease the plane fare, which is now fixed. In this connection on...

Chattogram Bureau : The 51st founding anniversary of Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) was celebrated in the Port City by cutting cake recently last through holding a discussion meeting. In the meeting, the newly Managing Director of the BSC Commodore Md Ziaul Hoque said at present in the transportation sector, BSC is a profitable organisation of the government. The meeting was told that BSC earns profit of Tk225 crores in 2021-22 fiscal and it will play vital role of the country’s...