Arun Bikash Dey

Awami League may take disciplinary actions against party’s “rebel candidates” before the Chattogram City Corporation elections.

With central leaders from both Awami League (AL) and BNP joining electioneering in support of their mayor candidates, campaign for Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) polls has started to gain momentum.

If one visits KB Aman Road’s Phooltola area in the port city, they may come across a garbage dump full of polythene bags. However, this very “dump” is in fact part of the Chaktai canal.

BNP leaders in the port city are chalking out campaign strategies to take on the Awami League-backed candidate in Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) polls scheduled to be held on January 27.

With Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) election day coming closer, candidates are leaving no stone unturned to win over voters. Although Awami

When mayoral and councillor candidates of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) polls are decorating areas with posters and banners as part of their campaigns, Shaibal Das Suman stands as an exception.

Many Awami League (AL) supported councillor candidates for Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) polls are violating the electoral code of conduct.

The furious clash between activists of two councillor candidates at Mogoltuli Mogpukur Par area in the port city on Tuesday evening has made both the city dwellers and law enforcing agencies worried over further clashes in different areas ahead of polls day.

With Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) election candidates campaigning daily in different areas since Friday, the port city has taken a festive look. Posters of mayoral and councillor candidates can be seen all around, reminding voters that election day is approaching.

Supporters of Awami League and BNP mayoral candidates are not maintaining health guidelines, as they started campaigning on Friday, ahead of January 27 Chattogram City Corporation election, creating a possibility of worsening the Covid-19 situation.

Many Awami League rebel candidates for Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) councillor race are determined to contest the polls, despite the party’s strict order of not doing so.

Antigen testing for Covid-19 has started in Chattogram from Tuesday on a test basis. Initially, the service is limited only to Bangladesh Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases (BITID) laboratory at Fauzderhat, said officials of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Eminent citizens and different sociocultural and students’ organisations in Chattogram city have been organising demonstrations, demanding the government take steps to protect a historic structure, a part of which was demolished by a group of people.

On a visit to Prabartak intersection in the port city last weekend, Chittagong University student Apu Saha became shocked to see the battered state of the sculpture Rupali Guitar, which had been installed in remembrance of the late and great musician Ayub Bachchu.

The stray dogs at Chattogram’s Sadarghat area had a different kind of day yesterday.

The Chattogram Zila Parishad has installed a new sculpture in Sitakunda as a tribute to martyred Freedom Fighters and members of Indian allied forces.

Considering the ongoing coronavirus situation, many mayoral candidates including the one endorsed by BNP are not happy with Election Commission’s decision to hold Chattogram City Corporation election at the end of January.

As Bangladesh completes its 49th year of being a sovereign country, there still remains a gap in preserving the memories of many who were martyred during the war.

Although people have started wearing face masks on the main thoroughfares in the wake of actions, they are still ignoring the health guideline on the lanes and by-lanes in Chattogram city.

Hefajat chief Junaid Babunagari yesterday threatened to pull down and destroy all the sculptures no matter which party puts those up.