Arun Bikash Dey

In his 70s and with a chronic kidney disease, port city resident Rupak Paul has a lot to worry about as it is. But for this week, his worries multiplied after the government declared the countrywide lockdown. Rupak has an appointment with a nephrologist today, but as of yesterday, he wasn’t sure if it’s going to take place.

On the first day of the countrywide seven-day lockdown, port city commuters suffered immensely due to acute shortage of public transport.

With the sharp rise of Covid-19 cases, port city is facing a major crisis of available intensive care unit (ICU) beds. With around 60 such beds dedicated for Covid-19 patients in the city’s public and private hospitals, people are running from one hospital to another, only to find out that almost all the beds are already occupied.

Ratna Raha, a retired schoolteacher, stepped out of her home at Chawkbazar’s KB Aman Ali Road yesterday morning. She needed to make a trip to Teribazar area for some emergency shopping.

Despite the sharp rise in Covid-19 infections in Chattogram, people remain apathetic towards health and safety guidelines.

Unable to bring the mosquito menace under control in the port city through drives, repellents and other action, Chattogram City Corporation seems to have “surrendered” the matter to natural phenomena like rain and storm.

SARS COV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, mutated 4,604 times in Bangladesh from April to the first week of December last year, and of the mutations, 34 were unique meaning they do not match any other mutations found in other parts of the world.

The SARS COV-2 has mutated 4,604 times in Bangladesh since the first week of December last year, of which 34 were unique mutations which means they do not match with any other mutation found in the world.

Right after Bangabandhu’s historical March 7 speech, where he asked Bangladeshis to get ready for resistance, the teachers of Chattogram College held a meeting on March 9.

Tension is mounting among the councillors of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) over the elections to panel mayors, scheduled to be held tomorrow.

The project cost for dredging work in Karnaphuli River has increased by 19 percent, as workers now have to remove a thick layer of plastic waste from the riverbed.

AKM Raisul Huq Bahar was a guerilla freedom fighter. During the Liberation War, he took part in many operations in the port city and adjacent areas, playing a pivotal role in the region’s liberation.

Although the daily coronavirus infection rate is around 3 percent or less in the country, it is still around 5 percent in Chattogram for around a month due to people’s reluctance to follow health rules, according to health officials.

Nawab Sirajuddaula Road in the port city has been closed for over a month as a bridge is being constructed over a nearby canal. This is causing

The renovation work of historic Laldighi Maidan is going on in full swing with 95 percent of the work already completed.

For over three months, residents of different areas in the port city have been suffering, as the mosquito population has multiplied, reportedly due to authority’s negligence to kill mosquitoes and clean their breeding spots.

Work to build the country’s first underwater expressway tunnel -- Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel -- under Karnaphuli River is going on in full swing, with around 62 percent of work already completed, according to officials.

Dumping of domestic waste just outside households in the open is ruining Chattogram’s city’s environment, but it would be unfair to blame residents of the port city alone.

For the last eight years, political activities of BNP in Chattogram have been limited to its Nasiman Bhaban office in port city.

Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, the mayor-elect of Chattogram City Corporation, is set to take oath of office today, after winning last month’s election with ruling Awami League’s symbol “boat” in polls marred by low voter turnout and violence.