Dhaka, Oct. 12 -- Chittagong Port Authority is moving to cancel an agreement with the Bangladesh Navy to build a heavy-lift cargo jetty at Laldia after a year without visible progress on the Tk 2.998 billion project.

The development was outlined in a working paper presented at the fifth meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Undertakings at parliament on Monday.

The jetty, planned for Block A of Laldia, is intended to expand the port's capacity to handle heavy cargo.

The Navy was assigned to implement the project under a memorandum of understanding signed with the port authority on Sept 10, 2025, with construction expected to be finished by December 2026.

With no visible progress since the project began, the Ministr...