Arun Bikash Dey

The MA Aziz Stadium in Chattogram was packed to the rafters yesterday as around 30,000 spectators came to watch the Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup final between Chattogram Abahani and Terengganu FC.

Three of a family died and three others were injured on their way home from hospital as the gas cylinder of an ambulance exploded in Chattogram’s Anwara upazila yesterday.

With British era Kalurghat Bridge over the Karnaphuli river becoming unsafe during the last two decades, Chattogram residents have long been demanding a new bridge to ease their commuting woes.

Traffic chaos has become a common phenomenon in the port city due to haphazard movement of vehicles on streets, gridlocks at intersections and negligence in duty by officials concerned, according to commuters.

With BNP willing to contest the next Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) election, party leaders and activists are already gearing up to take the field in full strength.

The Central Skin and Social Hygiene Health Centre, popularly known as American Hospital, in the port city is struggling to cope with the rush of patients due to lack of adequate manpower, logistics and funding.

A nexus of brokers and some dishonest staffers of the Election Commission’s Chattogram office provides forged national identity cards to Rohingyas, an EC investigation team has found.

When Brajendra Debnath felt chest pain a few months ago, his doctor advised him to undergo a coronary angiogram. The 72-year-old contacted private diagnostic centres in Chattogram, but was daunted by the examination cost of Tk 20,000.

At least 73 suspicious applications were uploaded to the Election Commission database for issuing national identity cards, a government committee has found while probing the forged NID card of a Rohingya woman in Chattogram.

There has been an acute transport shortage on two major routes in Chattogram city for more than a year, as most public buses are being used for RMG workers after their duty hours.

Though it rained on Tuesday, the day after Eid, it could not dampen the festive spirits of port city residents. The recreational places were abuzz with visitors during the last three days since Monday afternoon.

Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) has planned to remove all animal waste by 4pm on the day of Eid-ul-Azha.

In public interest, the health ministry has decided to reinstate a top child cancer specialist -- one of only three such experts in the country -- who was to be transferred from Chattogram Medical College Hospital to Rangamati Medical College Hospital (RmMC).

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BNP leaders and activists in Chattogram have become much enthusiastic as the party is going to hold a rally under its banner in the city after around six years.

Once again, incessant rain brought immense sufferings to port city residents yesterday, as many areas went under water.

A top child cancer specialist -- one of only three such experts in the country -- has been transferred from Chattogram Medical College Hospital to a Rangamati hospital with no cancer treatment facilities.

A research team, for the first time in Bangladesh, is studying native snake species aim-ing at mass-scale production of effective antivenom for local patients.

Family members of the nine-month old baby who was raped in Fatickchhari upazila of Chattogram are being shunned by locals ever since some media houses published the family’s identity. The plaintiff of the case filed over the incident, a maternal uncle

The entrance of the Emergency outpatient department of Chattogram General Hospital (CGH) has become a garbage dumping spot due to negligence of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) and irresponsibility of some people.