Ctg port lease: economic rationale, strategic concerns

Bangladesh interim government's decision to lease out the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) of Chittagong Port to Dubai-based global logistics company DP World has ignited a nationwide debate and raised significant concerns. While the government argues that the move will enhance efficiency, attract foreign investment, and modernise logistics at the...

Dependency by design?

Was Bangladesh's reliance on Indian transhipment inevitable - or did it unfold from failures that could, and perhaps should, have been foreseen and averted? More provocatively: was this dependency merely a by-product of internal inelasticity caused by shortcomings, or a consequence of strategic passivity enabled by Bangladesh's then political alignment...