Arun Bikash Dey

Awami League mayor candidate Rezaul Karim started his campaign in Patharghata area of the port city yesterday.

None of the 12 incumbent ward councilors of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) who were deprived of Awami League (AL) nomination withdrew candidacy, although central leaders warned all rebel candidates to do so throughout the day.

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

The election to Chattogram City Corporation is scheduled to be held on March 29 with campaigning starting on March 9.

BNP’s mayoral candidate Shahadat Hossain demanded that the Election Commission change the date of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) elections as many people may leave the city getting a three-day weekend before the polls day.

An exclusive four-day terracotta sculpture exhibition, Namoniyo O Kothin, organised by Sculpture Centre Chattogram, concluded yesterday at Shilpakala Academy in the port city.

Income of BNP mayor candidate for Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) polls Shahadat Hossain is around five times higher than his main opponent, Awami League nominee Rezaul Karim Chowdhury.

The central Awami League leaders are trying to bring the factions of port city unit AL under the same umbrella in a bid to ensure victory for the party nominated mayor and councillor candidates in the Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) polls.

The Election Commission (EC) has decided that mayoral and councillor candidates will not be able to use plastic-laminated posters for campaigning in Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) polls.

BNP will declare its mayoral candidate for Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) polls on February 24. Party insiders, however, said unlike Awami League, which chose a surprise candidate, their leadership will not make such a move.

There were rumours in political circles over the last week that Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin would not get the Awami League ticket to contest the upcoming Chattogram City Corporation election.

With a huge number of people thronging the Amar Ekushey Boi Mela every day, the MA Aziz stadium in Chattogram continues to wear a festive look.

The capital dredging work in the Karnaphuli has slowed down due to a deep layer of polythene in the riverbed.

Rickshaw-puller Md Abu (55) was wailing as all his belongings were burnt to ashes in a fire at a slum at West Madarbari in the port city yesterday.

Around 800 people become homeless as 270 shanties are burnt in a fire at a slum at West Madarbari in the port city.

For those who haven’t had the fortune to visit the major landmarks and monuments of Bangladesh, the “Mini Bangladesh” theme park in the port city can serve as something of a snapshot.

Losing all of her belongings to a fire, Lipi Akter was bewailing at the site in Chattogram city’s Mirzar Pool yesterday.

Graveyards are considered a site of mourning, a place to remember the dead, their many trials and triumphs. But a graveyard can also serve as a historical site, a place to learn not only about the individuals buried there, but also of our collective past.

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) is going to launch 10 buses for the students of Chattogram next week.

The much-expected by-polls to Chattogram-8 (Boalkhali-Chandgaon) will be held today, with voters casting votes through electronic voting machines (EVM).