Background

Reported in July 2025: the Payra Port Authority said a new master-plan feature would handle transshipment for up to 15 vessels, with a 650m jetty for 3,000-3,500 TEU ships.

Reported in March 2025: after an ECNEC meeting, then Planning Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud said the project was 'theoretically a bad project' because the channel needs year-round dredging.

Reported in December 2025: Mongla's FY2024-25 net profit of Tk 62.10 crore was more than three times its target, and the port is building road, river and rail links to serve neighbouring regions.

Reported in May 2025: India limited Bangladeshi readymade garments to Kolkata and Mumbai seaports and barred several goods from northeastern land ports, stranding trucks at Benapole.

Reported in July 2025: the National Board of Revenue added 27 import categories in two phases, letting private ICDs handle 65 types of imported goods.

Reported in December 2025: private off-dock operators suspended a planned halt to export and empty-container handling for a month after meeting port and customs officials.

Reported in April 2025: the government approved in principle building the proposed 1,000 mmcfd land-based LNG terminal near Matarbari Deep Sea Port through a public-private partnership.

Originally reported in April 2025: CPA signed a deal with a Japanese joint venture to build Matarbari's first terminal, a 460m container jetty and 300m multipurpose jetty estimated at Tk 6,196.67 crore.