Year-long waterlogging, endless misery
If one visits Government Teachers’ Training College in Chawk Bazar area, they will notice a field inundated by water, entrances and ground floors of male and female hostels submerged, and hyacinths growing everywhere on the waterlogged premises.
27 February 2024, 18:00 PM
A carnival for booklovers
Finding her way amid an excited crowd at the entrance of Ekushey Boi Mela in the port city’s CRB area, Shanta Devnath managed to enter a stall.
17 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Misappropriation of govt land?
Miracle Miles International, a private company, has taken it upon itself to start a project to beautify a prime location beside Chawkbazar-Muradpur Road in Panchlaish area of the port city.
15 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Ctg to get BCL committee after 10 years
Leaders and activists of Chattogram city Chhatra League are excited as they will get a new committee after 10 long years.
13 February 2024, 18:00 PM
A gamechanger for shrimp farming
Dr Aftabuzzaman, a physician by profession, started shrimp farming in Satkhira back in 1968. His farm was doing very well until a deadly infection left most shrimps of his farm dead in 1994. The infection was caused by white spot syndrome virus.
9 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Cold brings misery for the little ones
Nasima Akter was seen anxiously looking for attendants while trying to nebulise her daughter Tasnim Rabbi at paediatric ward of Chattogram Medical College Hospital on Saturday.
1 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Double blow for port city residents
Sunil Barua, a resident of Askar Dighir Par area of Chattogram city, recharged Tk 1,000 to his pre-paid gas meter on Sunday.
30 January 2024, 18:00 PM
New 32-bed unit still not enough
The Chattogram Medical College Hospital inaugurated its second intensive care unit with 32 beds on Saturday, bringing hope for patients requiring ICU facilities.
30 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Gas supply resumes in Ctg, pressure low
A technical glitch at a floating LNG terminal in Moheshkhali was fixed on Friday night, but the gas supply to Chattogram remained spotty until last evening due to low pressure in the pipeline.
20 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Port city reels from abrupt gas outage
Gas supply to Chattogram city remains halted for more than 24 hours from Thursday night due to a technical glitch at a floating LNG terminal in Moheshkhali of Cox’s Bazar, causing profound suffering to the residents, businesses and industries.
19 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Drug theft a growing concern for CMCH
A nexus of staffers at Chittagong Medical College Hospital has long been allegedly involved in stealing government medicine, despite steps taken by the authorities concerned.
8 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Violence casts shadow over Ctg polls
The culmination of campaigning for the upcoming 12th parliamentary polls in Chattogram has been marked by violence, particularly clashes between Awami League candidates and their independent counterparts.
6 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Why quit now?
Bangladesh Tariqat Federation chairman Syed Nazibul Bashar Maizbhandari announced his decision to quit the electoral race yesterday, three days before polls, which has raised eyebrows.
4 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Chattogram-8: A three-way battle on the cards
With the 12th parliamentary election knocking at the door, candidates in Chattogram-8 constituency (Boalkhali-Chandgaon) are busy campaigning till midnight every day
3 January 2024, 16:17 PM
Burners with no flame
Every morning, Shuvechchha Ghosh, a resident of Chattogram city’s Askar Dighir Par area, wakes up being worried for her three-year-old son.
2 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Voters apprehensive amid pre-polls violence
Sixty-year-old Md Ibrahim, a farmer in Dhalghat Camp area under Patiya upazila, witnessed almost all the national elections held in Bangladesh so far.
30 December 2023, 18:00 PM
AL high command instructs local leaders to work for BSP candidate
The Awami League high command has instructed leaders and activists to work for Bangladesh Supreme Party (BSP) chairman Syed Saifuddin Ahmed Maijbhandari in Chattogram-2 (Fatikchhari) constituency despite fielding a party candidate
29 December 2023, 17:01 PM
Most Ctg BNP men on the run to evade arrest
Most BNP leaders and activists in Chattogram went into hiding to evade arrest or “police harassment” since the incidents of violence during the party’s rally on October 28.
27 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Most Ctg BNP men on the run to evade arrest
Most BNP leaders and activists in Chattogram went into hiding to evade arrest or "police harassment" since the incidents of violence during the party's rally on October 28
27 December 2023, 15:01 PM
Govt official vying for polls in Ctg-4
A government official is contesting the upcoming national polls as an independent candidate from Chattogram-4 constituency, hiding his professional identity in the nomination papers.
25 December 2023, 18:00 PM