Arun Bikash Dey

The ward-level councils of Chattogram city Awami League, which was supposed to begin today, have been postponed at the last moment due to “intra-party rifts”.

Even with winter’s arrival, vegetable prices in Chattogram city’s kitchen markets are yet to decrease, bringing a blow to people from middle, lower-middle and low income groups, who were already suffering due to rising prices of edible oil and rice.

With each passing day, the number of dengue patients in the port city has been increasing across different government and private hospitals in the current month.

The canals and drains of the port city have become death traps.

Transport owners in Chattogram city have accepted the demand of introducing half bus fares for students in principle.

“We started swimming in the calm waters of the river. I was moving fast and reached the jetty, where I found the big barge. The jetty was dazzling with lights, but no guard was in sight.”

A Sambar foal was born in Chattogram Zoo on Sunday afternoon, bringing the population of the vulnerable species of deer in the zoo up to six.

For three days straight, Ujir Ali Shah Lane at the port city’s Rahattar Pool area has been submerged, causing immense suffering to residents. But the question is, why would the road be waterlogged, that too in the dry season?

Residents of Chattogram are still dealing with the dengue menace even in November. This is not a regular occurrence, as the Aedes mosquito population starts to decline during the dry season.

Law enforcers stood mum as the marauders conducted their mayhem at the puja mandaps during Durga Puja, several of the victims told the hearing while giving their deposition to it.

The union parishad (UP) polls in Chattogram’s Raozan upazila is going to create a history in the electoral culture of the country as all the chairmen and members of 14 unions are going to be elected uncontested.

The government’s move to hike the bus fares appears to have spawned a free-for-all: many operators were charging as much as 50 percent higher fares, while the CNG-run buses were also collecting fares at the new rate that does not apply to them.

Effective from January next year, residential and commercial subscribers of the port city will have to pay an extra five percent on their water bills, according to a Chattogram Water and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) decision.

Mahadi J Aqib, one of those injured during Saturday’s Chhatra League infighting on the Chittagong Medical College campus, is fighting for his life at the Chittagong Medical College Hospital.

At least 50 percent people in Chattogram have developed antibodies naturally against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, according to a study conducted by One Health Institute of Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU).

A week ago, when his father had a stroke, Md Rafiq was frantically looking for a healthcare facility to admit him, as he had no idea where to go.

Chattogram Medical College Hospital today launched its specialised unit for stroke patients at its Neurology Ward, aiming to provide comprehensive treatment to patients.

On October 4, a dead dolphin washed up on the shores of Hathazari upazila’s North Madarshah Ramdas Munshirhat area.

The attacks on religious minorities, their temples, houses and businesses are parts of a blueprint to force them to leave the country, said Rana Dasgupta, general secretary of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Oikya Parishad.

With prices of daily essentials rapidly increasing, even people from the middle-income group in the port city can now be seen standing in front of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) trucks to buy daily essentials at cheaper rates.