DP World Lease for Chattogram Port Terminal Unlikely to Be Finalised Before Elections

Chattogram Port Reopens, But Labor Threat Looms Over DP World Lease Talks

Bangladesh’s Chattogram Port resumed operations Monday after a weeklong strike in which dockworkers protested the lease of its biggest terminal to DP World.

DP World Lease for Chattogram Port Terminal Unlikely to Be Finalised Before Elections

The proposed lease agreement with Dubai-based port operator DP World for the New Mooring Container Terminal at Chattogram Port is unlikely to be concluded during the tenure of Bangladesh’s current interim government, according to senior officials. Chowdhury Ashik Bin Harun, executive chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority, said the negotiations had made progress but […] The post DP World Lease for Chattogram Port Terminal Un…

DP World–NCT Lease Deal Unlikely Under Interim Government, Says PPP Chief

The long-awaited lease agreement with Dubai-based port operator DP World to operate the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) at Chattogram Port is unlikely to be signed during the tenure of the current interim government, officials have said. Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun, Chief Executive Officer of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Authority, made the remarks at a press briefing at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka on Sunday, February …