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Motor tanker Sea Spike and bulk carrier Sun Shine collide in Chattogram port outer anchorage. CPA, Navy, Coast Guard launch rescue. No casualties. CPA Secretary Syed Refayet Hamim confirms incident.
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Summit LNG FSRU resumes operation at 6:10pm Friday, restoring 550 mmcfd gas supply after Thursday suspension due to Bay of Bengal rough weather. Industrial and power sectors to benefit.
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Four new private ICDs near Chattogram port add 22,000 TEUs capacity, lifting total to 128,000 TEUs (2.5x port capacity). Tk 20bn investment, 4,800 jobs. BICDA, CCCI President Amirul Haque comment.
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Bangladesh to lay foundation stone Aug 30 for $550 million Laldia Container Terminal at Chattogram port. APM Terminals (Maersk subsidiary) invests full FDI, develops green terminal under PPP, operational by 2029.
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Bangladesh will conduct its first-ever nationwide watercraft census Aug 20-29, 2026 to revive inland water transport. Water transport GDP share collapsed from 3.3% in FY80 to 0.4% in FY25.
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Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury announced a joint CPA-customs committee to fast-track cargo clearance at Chattogram Port, reduce trade costs, and support Bangladesh's $1 trillion economy vision by 2034.
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BPC raises jet fuel price 21% to Tk 101.40/litre from Aug 11. Third hike in 6 months. Adds Tk 4,800 to domestic ticket cost, Tk 32,000 to regional international. Airlines warn of route cuts; freight rates to rise 4-6%.
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172km Dhaka-Gopalganj broad-gauge rail link via Padma Bridge set to open December 2026. Cost Tk 18,420 crore. Reduces travel time from 6 hours to 90 minutes. Connects southwest Bangladesh to capital, freight capacity 4M tonnes/year.
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Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed announces plans for a high-speed rail link between Dhaka and Chattogram, cutting travel time to under 2 hours. Government also plans 100,000 tonnes fuel stockpile at Matarbari and two new FSRUs.
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Dhaka circular waterway: Tk 1.22b spent, only Tk 25.2m earned. 9 of 12 water buses to be sold as scrap. PM Tarique Rahman directs revival. Low-clearance bridges, river pollution, poor management blamed for failure.
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Bangladesh's export sector faces sharply higher ocean freight rates as Mideast conflict chokes shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Freight to the Middle East tripled to $6,000 per container, while US-bound rates jumped to $11,400. Shipping lines are cutting Bangladesh bookings.
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More than 55% of Bangladesh's rivers and canals have lost functionality, forcing 77% of freight onto roads. DCCI President Taskeen Ahmed says waterway transport costs 55-60% less than road, urging revival of circular waterways.