Arun Bikash Dey

Downpours coupled with tidal surges inundated vast stretches of Chattogram city yesterday, crippling transport and causing severe public suffering.

With key canal development works still unfinished, 189mm of rain inundates large parts of port city

Though many of Bangladesh’s shipbreaking yards have gone green on paper, workers continue to face deadly safety hazards, with at least 84 accidents recorded since the Hong Kong Convention came into force last year.

Dengue cases in Chattogram district are surging rapidly in August, triggering concern among residents.

The district has reported 1,195 dengue cases and three deaths this year, while a DGHS survey identified 8 city wards as high-risk for Aedes mosquito breeding

Supply fell to around half of the city’s daily requirement as LNG operations disrupted at Maheshkhali

Thousands struggle to cook as supply shortfall following Maheshkhali LNG terminal fire hits households, factories and transport

Waterborne diseases are spreading rapidly across the flood-hit districts of Chattogram division amid an acute shortage of safe drinking water and the collapse of sanitation systems.