Chandanpura Mosque: A sight to behold
9 November 2019
Despite the hustle and bustle of ever-busy Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah Road in port city, a structure with multiple domes and soaring minarets painted in bright colours compels a passer-by to halt and behold its beauty and majesty.
9 November 2019
Country’s lone Ethnological Museum in a shambles
25 October 2019
If a museum is considered to be a window into the rich history of local culture, which plays a crucial role in preserving the past and documenting the present to inspire the future, the country’s lone Ethnological Museum in the port city is failing its purpose.
25 October 2019
A new breathing space for port city residents
8 October 2019
With 3,000 trees of 41 different species, Bayezid Sabuj Udyan in the port city was inaugurated yesterday to provide a new green space to city dwellers.
8 October 2019
Port City Chronicles / When the elephant is the room!
21 September 2019
The houses in fairy tales often came in weird shapes and sizes -- one was shaped like a shoe, some were high up in the trees, and another was made out of chocolate. It’s almost impossible to find such structures in the real world, but there is one house in
21 September 2019
A glimmer of hope for ‘boon granters’
7 September 2019
Finally a ray of hope for the “Bostami turtles”, a species previously declared extinct in the wild by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), as a group of specialists have successfully hatched 36 eggs in an incubator last month.
7 September 2019
Friends of the neighbourhood
18 August 2019
With an aim to help the underprivileged in their respective neighbourhoods cope with difficult situations and overcome crises, a group of students in the port city have been working under the banner of “Rise of Youth Community (RYC) Bangladesh” since 2017.
18 August 2019
Cattle markets pick up in port city
9 August 2019
With Eid-ul-Azha just days away, cattle markets in the port city are seeing impressive turnouts -- with sale of sacrificial animals reaching its peak.
9 August 2019
Bangladesh Art Week concludes in Chattogram
3 August 2019
Bangladesh Art Week 2019 concluded in Chattogram yesterday at Artist Rashid Chowdhury Art Gallery, Institute of Fine Arts, University of Chittagong.
3 August 2019
Lashin not enough to save Bangladesh
Palolic Club of Bangladesh got their first win on the second day of the Advocate Golam Mostafa Memorial South Asian Club Table Tennis Championship as they defeated Bhutan's Thimphu Club on the back of fiery performances from Egpytian recruit El-Sayed Lashin at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong yesterday.
8 April 2018
AUW Photo Carnival concludes in port city
A two-day photo exhibition, titled '6th AUW Photo Carnival' concluded at Asian University for Women (AUW) in the port city on Saturday.
7 April 2018
Close defeat for hosts
Palolic Club of Bangladesh were defeated by HUAWEI Club of Nepal on the opening day of the Advocate Golam Mostafa Memorial South
7 April 2018
National Children's Day celebrated in Chittagong
Shishumela, a children's organisation from Chittagong, celebrated National Children's Day by awarding seven dignitaries for their
19 March 2018
Zebras make Ctg zoo their new home
The Chittagong zoo authorities yesterday added six new zebras to the zoo as part of its Tk 3-crore renovation project.
6 March 2018
Ariana Vafadari performs mystic songs in port city
Alliance Francaise de Chittagong organised an evening of mystic songs featuring Franco-Iranian singer Ariana Vafadari and her group
26 February 2018
Tale of two call-ups
There have been two additions to the Bangladesh squad for the first Test against Sri Lanka that have attracted discussion, but the
29 January 2018
“Fog Horn”: An avant-garde exhibit at port city
An avant-garde art exhibition titled “Fog Horn: An Unbound Art Episode” exhibited the works of artists coming from different
5 January 2018
Bistaar's three-day Arts Festival in Chittagong
The three-day Arts Festival organised by Bistaar: Chittagong Arts Complex will end today (Saturday) at Chittagong Shilpakala Academy
29 December 2017
A Tale from Climate Ground Zero
Photographer Din Muhammad Shibly captures his experiences in gripping frames. His camera has for a long time focused on the
21 December 2017
Celebrating victory the bikers' way
The relatively empty roads in Chittagong city's CRB area had been a blessing for the bikers practicing the stunt riding routine they would perform today, as a part of the city's celebrations of Victory Day.
15 December 2017
Korea-Bangladesh cultural exchange
Strings of a violin were touched with a bow. A gentle but shimmering sound emerged. The phone of some other strings of voila
14 December 2017
ZACS decked out
If there was any doubt about regional loyalties in the Bangladesh Premier League, the first day of the Chittagong leg debunked it as
24 November 2017
Nabanno Utshab celebrated in Chittagong
On a sunny afternoon of Kartik (seventh month of Bengali calendar), a Nabanno Utshob 1424 was held with colourful festivity and a cultural programme organised by Shishumela at Enayet Bazar Women's College premises on Tuesday.
15 November 2017
“Theatre cannot be confined by borders”
Nazanin Sahamizaeh is a theatre activist from Iran and director of the play “Manus”, staged by Iranian theatre group Verbatim on
26 October 2017
Five women theatre activists honoured in Chittagong
For their contribution to the theatre movement despite all obstacles, five women dramatists were awarded on the third day of International Theatre Festival organised by Nandimukh at the open stage of the Chittagong Shilpakala Academy on Sunday.
23 October 2017
“Rabindra Sangeet is evergreen”
Ajita Guha is one of the contemporary Rabindra Sangeet singers of Kolkata, India. The artiste performed a solo music night at Fulki
7 October 2017