The Payra port opened commercial operations in 2016 by bringing in a shipment of stone from China for the construction of the Padma Bridge. Fast forward half a decade and much of the project ...

Till August, Payra Port Authority earned Tk 913.19 crore in revenues from 339 foreign commercial ships and 1,459 domestic lighterage vessels using the port's under-construction facilities.

The full-fledged port activities in Payra will start by 2023, said Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, who was the planning minister in 2016. "It would then have the capacity to house 75,000 ...

Payra port, which is located in the south-western corner of Bangladesh, is much closer to India's border and could easily be used by the North Eastern states.

The government has already completed the construction of some sections while some others are underway. Completion of those will enable the port to run general import and export activity in a limited ...

Jan De Nul Group, headquartered in Luxembourg, secured the contract for capital and maintenance dredging for the port for 10 years. In order to make Payra Seaport approachable by water, Jan De Nul ...

A construction worker died at Payra port, situated in the Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali. The deceased is Barek Akon, 35, of the East Jharakhali area of the neighbouring Taltali upazila in Barguna.

The Union Shipping Ministry is not inclined towards investing in and operating the Payra port in Bangladesh, due to high dredging cost. It has conveyed its reservation to the Prime Minister’s ...

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MUMBAI: After bagging the strategically important Chabahar Port in Iran, the government is looking eastwards and is in discussions with Bangladesh to develop a similar facility in Payra.

After bagging the deal for the strategically important Chabahar Port in Iran, the government is now in discussions with Bangladesh to develop a similar facility in Payra. India Ports Global, the ...