Arun Bikash Dey

Covid-19 positivity rate reached 28 percent from 12.29 percent in Chattogram yesterday, doubling in only 24 hours.

Increasing by double in the span of 24 hours, Covid-19 positivity rate has hit around 28% in Chattogram today.

On the second day of the new 11-point health guidelines, people were seen roaming port city roads and riding public vehicles without adhering to the new regulations.

Researchers in Chattogram have found harmful bacterial and fungal presence in various brands of buffalo yoghurt in different districts of the country. Most cow yoghurt from popular brands, however, have been found to be safe with the expected nutrition level.

The Covid-19 infection rate in Chattogram hit almost 13 percent yesterday, the first time after four months.

Prof Dr Manzoorul Kibria is the chairperson of Chittagong University’s zoology department. Born and brought up in a village that borders the banks of Halda river, he grew up with a great passion for rivers.

Located in Panchlaish residential area, the 55-year-old park has a long history and bears memories of residents’ childhood and adolescence.

While authorities have taken an initiative to inoculate students of Chattogram, health guidelines are barely being followed during the vaccination campaign. Students and their guardians crowded the inoculation centres yesterday, with no social distancing in sight.

Patients of Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) are gravely worried about whether they would be able to avail of dialysis service from next week.

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.