Interviews & Opinion
Dredging alone won’t fix Bangladesh’s ports, marine engineer argues
A new commentary calls for sediment science, lifecycle costing and a national port strategy to 2050 to make Chattogram, Matarbari and Payra work.
Interviews & Opinion
In Depth: The future of the Bay of Bengal and Bangladesh’s blue economy
From hilsa and seaweed to offshore gas and wind, the Bay of Bengal is central to Bangladesh's growth plans. We examine what the latest data shows, where policy is moving, and the risks of over-promising.
Interviews & Opinion
In Depth: Can Bangladesh become a global shipbuilding hub?
Ship exports recovered to $22.5m in FY26, but remain a fraction of the $4bn target set in 2021. We look at what the data shows, where the realistic market lies, and what would have to change for Bangladeshi yards to compete.
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In Depth: shrinking catches, unexplored waters – the state of Bangladesh’s sea fisheries
Commercial trawler catch fell 21% from FY23 to FY25 and hilsa landings by trawlers 78%, while trawlers fish only a fraction of the EEZ. What the data show and what industry and regulators say.
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In Depth: why Bangladesh’s offshore gas is still in the ground, 12 years after the sea boundary was settled
Bangladesh secured 118,813 sq km of sea by 2014, yet only one offshore field has ever produced. A look at past exits, the failed 2024 round, the 2026 terms and the data gap.
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Analysis digest: after Sitakunda, a call to move recycling off open beaches
A maritime policy analyst writing in The Daily Star argues for continuous compliance, purpose-built facilities and a dated phase-out of open-beach dismantling.
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Analysis digest: can Bangladesh’s yards hold the small and mid-size vessel niche?
An East Asia Forum essay argues Bangladesh is building a niche that larger East Asian yards neglect, but warns the $4bn export target is unrealistic.
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Opinion digest: ‘Bangladesh cannot afford a port monopoly’
Writing before the NCT deal, Ahamedul Karim Chowdhury argued the risk lies not in foreign operators but in weak rules on how they are chosen, and called for competitive tendering and anti-monopoly safeguards.
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Analysis digest: how ‘green’ are shipbreaking yards if workers keep dying?
The Business Standard's analysis says certification does not guarantee safety; 12 shipbreaking workers had died in 2026 by mid-August, four times 2025's toll, according to YPSA data.
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Opinion digest: ‘a second chance for Pangaon’ under Medlog
A former head of Pangaon terminal urges cautious optimism over the Medlog concession, calling for fixed berthing windows, scheduled dredging and digital customs to make the river terminal work.
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Opinion digest: how Bangladesh can secure global jobs for maritime graduates
In The Daily Star, Ahamedul Karim Chowdhury argues Bangladesh trains more cadets than the market absorbs and proposes a finishing course, mobility deals with crew-change hubs and demand-based intake.
