Despite spending Tk 6,500 crore on capital dredging, poor navigability has crippled Payra Port, forcing many importers to offload their cargoes either at sea or at Chittagong Port and then ...

China has invested heavily in port projects in Bangladesh too—according to reports, a whopping $7 billion. But notably here, though Beijing did invest in the development of Chittagong and Payra ...

As Cyclone Dana approaches, authorities across both West Bengal and Odisha remain on high alert, with safety measures in place to minimize the cyclone’s impact on infrastructure, transportation ...

State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury said that Payra Port will be operational in the middle of next year. He said this at a round table meeting at National Press Club on Sunday.

Capital dredging at Payra port began today just after the inauguration of the project by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said Rear Admiral Mohammad Sohail, chairman of the Payra Port Authority.

The government is set to launch a slew of initiatives to modernize Payra port and maximize its potential. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will virtually inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of the ...

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With the opening of a China-funded eco-friendly 1320mw’s mega power plant at Payra in Patuakhali district, Bangladesh became the first country in South Asia to achieve 100 percent electricity covera ...

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 ...

How practical is building a seaport in Payra? Building a port is a very complicated task. You have to look at the features on the bottom of the sea, the nature of siltation or sedimentation, the ...

After five years of effort, the government has given up the idea to build a deep seaport in Payra and decided to build a regular seaport there, says State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury ...