Arun Bikash Dey

With a 65-day government-imposed fishing ban being in action, almost half of Chattogram's fishermen, mostly the unregistered ones, have been pushed towards a serious financial crunch

The historic Laldighi Maidan is poised to reclaim its legacy as a venue for political rallies after a hiatus of approximately four and a half years. The Chattogram city unit of the ruling Awami League has announced that it will organise a rally today on this ground.

Kamal Uddin Sawdagor has been collecting carp eggs in Halda river for around 50 years. However, this season, he has been frustrated as the carps are yet to release their eggs in the water.

This year’s War Graves Week, an annual event organised by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), is being held for the first time in Bangladesh from May 20 to May 28.

Chattogram City Corporation is going to construct a bus-truck terminal, which will be the third of its kind in the city, after 30 years of constructing the second one.   

Most garment manufacturing companies in Chattogram kept their factories closed yesterday following a request of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) centring apprehensions over Cyclone Mocha’s impact. 

Many households in Chattogram have been left without gas in their cooking stoves since yesterday morning as the supply from the two floating LNG terminals at Maheshkhali in Cox’s Bazar has been shutdown as a precautionary measure due to cyclone Mocha.

Many households in Chattogram today couldn't light their stoves since morning as the government suspended gas supply from two floating LNG terminals in Moheshkhali since 11:00pm last night due to Cyclone Mocha

Known as Gumai Beel, this field is one of the largest paddy fields in the country, and its golden aura brings a smile to the face of every farmer who has cultivated it.

Many recreational places in the port city were seen abuzz with visitors of different walks of life on  Eid holidays.

The three-day Boishakhi Mela kicked off along the road of Laldighi Maidan in Chattogram city today on the occasion of Jabbarer Boli Khela

With the by-polls for Chattogram-8 (Boalkhali-Chandgaon-Panchlaish-Bayezid) coming closer, the candidates are busy campaigning from afternoon to midnight.

With the heat wave blowing all over the country and putting people’s lives in discomfort and misery, frequent load-shedding has doubled down on the sufferings of Chattogram’s residents.

The sounds of drums and cheers will soon fill the air of Chattogram as the 114th edition of the historic Jabbarer Boli Khela wrestling competition is set to take place at the Laldighi Maidan.

With Eid-ul-Fitr right around the corner, shopping at footpaths in Chatogram city is gaining momentum and small roadside vendors are passing a busy time now.

People have been suffering for more than two months due to the delay in completing construction work of a culvert over a canal in Muradpur of Chattogram city.

After a brutal attack on a journalist in Chandanaish upazila of Chattogram, the police have been unable to arrest the main accused even after four days of the incident.

Chattogram city dwellers have to drink bottled-water as the salinity of Chattogram Wasa’s water has increased almost 30 times than it was a month ago.

In May 1971,  Abani Mohan Dutta, a professor of the Department of Philosophy of the then Chittagong College, was picked up by the Pakistan army from the college quarter. His crime was that he was a progressive-minded teacher, who supported the Liberation War of Bangladesh, said his then student  Dr Shafiqul Alam.

Another accident occurred at a shipbreaking yard in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila yesterday, claiming one life. But such accidents, and the injuries and deaths that accompany them, are nothing new there.