‘Another 20 seconds and I’d have died’
15 August 2026
“The gas was so strong that it would have killed me if I remained another 20 seconds inside the ship,” said Mohammad Selim, a worker at Ferdous Steel Ship Recycling Industries in Chattogram’s Sitakunda, where nine workers died after being exposed to toxic gas yesterday morning.
15 August 2026
'Another 20 seconds and I would have died'
14 August 2026
Selim recounts horror as toxic gas kills nine at Sitakunda shipbreaking yard
14 August 2026
Gunmen fire at Chattogram house a day after Tk 50 lakh extortion threat
11 August 2026
Caller threatened the homeowner’s family and allegedly mentioned fugitive criminal Boro Sazzad
11 August 2026
Chattogram in the clutch of extortionists
30 July 2026
A criminal network allegedly run by a fugitive top criminal has tightened its grip on Chattogram city and several neighbouring upazilas, with businesses facing escalating extortion demands and armed attacks if they refuse to pay, police and locals say.
30 July 2026
How David Emon was caught
30 July 2026
Mobarak Hossain alias David Emon, an alleged close associate of Chattogram’s fugitive gangster Sazzad Ali alias Boro Sazzad, had allegedly struck a deal to cross into India in exchange for Rs 20,000 (around Tk 26,000).
30 July 2026
A shaved moustache, a false name and a border-bound SUV: How David Emon was caught
29 July 2026
Police say he travelled towards the border with three associates after arranging an illegal crossing for Rs 20,000
29 July 2026
July Uprising: PBI accuses Hasina, 65 others over Ctg protest attack
21 July 2026
Investigation report recommends discharging 26 accused, including several former senior police officials, citing lack of evidence
21 July 2026
ISP office attacked after threats
14 July 2026
An internet service provider’s office was vandalised and looted yesterday after its owner allegedly refused to pay Tk 2 crore in extortion in Chattogram city’s Bakalia Access Road area.
14 July 2026
Councillor Killing in Teknaf: Family demands judicial probe
The family members of Teknaf municipal Ward Councillor Akramul Haque, who was killed in a “gunfight” with RAB-7 on May 27 in the ongoing anti-narcotics drive, have demanded a judicial investigation into the killing.
29 May 2018
A case of mistaken identity
Family members of Habibur Rahman, who was killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) at Chittagong's Barisal Colony on May 17 amid the ongoing countrywide anti-narcotics drive, claimed that he was “innocent”.
25 May 2018
Narcotics Trade in Ctg: Over 100 dealers control 300 spots
In the port city, there are over 300 spots where peddlers have been selling drugs, including yaba, for years dodging the law enforcers, according to Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) officials.
25 May 2018
A classic tale of gang rivalry
According to sources, one Rafiq introduced the illicit business in the Barisal Colony area in 1990 and controlled the drug trade, in a syndicate with Monir, Faruk, Salamat, Yusuf, "Honda" Bahar and "CNG" Jasim.
24 May 2018
'Shootouts' can't deter Barisal Colony peddlers
Two alleged drug dealers were killed in a "shootout" with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) at Chittagong's Barisal Colony last Thursday (May 17), but business has not remained suspended even for a day.
23 May 2018
Family demands probe into third party involvement
Mohammed Amin -- father of Tasfia Amin, whose body was found on concrete blocks at embankment of the Karnaphuli in the city's Patenga Naval area on May 3 -- yesterday demanded investigation to determine if there was involvement of any third party in the incident.
21 May 2018
Engineer remains missing for 26 days
It has been 26 days since a mechanical engineer from Chittagong has remained missing.
18 May 2018
Police looking for CNG auto-rickshaw that carried Tasfia
Investigators have been hunting the CNG-run auto-rickshaw and its driver which carried Tasfia Amin from Chittagong city's Golpahar area on May 2 after coming out from city a restaurant.
7 May 2018
Killings in Hills: Justice elusive, all along
The conflicts among different political groups in the Chittagong Hill Tracts over establishing supremacy have left an estimated 600 people killed since signing of the CHT Peace Accord in 1997.
6 May 2018
Questions arise over death of schoolgirl
Police are trying to find out answers of several questions over the mysterious death of Tasfia Amin, a ninth grader of Sunshine Grammar School and College in Chittagong, whose body was recovered from the Naval Road area of Patenga on Wednesday morning.
3 May 2018
Yaba made him millionaire
Meet Nurul Huda.
Not so long ago, he used to work as a helper of a bus. Day in day out, Nurul tended to travellers on the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf route.
8 April 2018
When BCL leader takes matters into own hands
The general secretary of Chattogram city unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has assaulted a college principal on the campus on
3 April 2018
Like a guardian angel
Following the example of Assistant Sub-inspector Shariful Islam, another policeman showed generosity by helping an HSC (Higher
2 April 2018
Rivalry behind the murder
Police yesterday arrested two people in connection with the gruesome murder of Jubo League activist Mohiuddin Mohid, who was hacked to death allegedly by a group of Awami League men in Dakshin Madham Halishahar area of Chittagong city on Monday.
27 March 2018
Yaba Trade in Ctg: Covered vans used for cover
A section of smugglers are allegedly operating transport agencies in Chittagong and Cox's Bazar to move drugs under cover, say insiders and investigators.
11 February 2018
No visible progress in 2 months
Two months have passed since Jubo Dal leader Harunur Rashid Chowdhury was shot to death by a group of alleged Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Jubo League activists in Chittagong city on December 3 last year, but there is no significant progress in the case as of now.
4 February 2018
'Rape' of Marma Girl: Questions aplenty
The two Marma sisters, one of whom was allegedly raped and the other sexually assaulted by members of security forces last week, are undergoing treatment at Rangamati Sadar Hospital under tight security.
31 January 2018
Three cops in custody for killing
Three law enforcers, including a sub-inspector, were taken into police custody yesterday in connection with the killing of a man in a police firing. The incident took place at Telipara village in Bhatiyari area under Sitakunda upazila on Wednesday night.
25 January 2018
Ctg madrasa boy 'traceless' for three weeks
A madrasa student in Chittagong city has remained "traceless" since he went out of the religious school around three
7 January 2018
The yellow menace
Law enforcers are concerned about a new variety of yaba, because unlike the conventional pills, these are yellow, odourless and large enough to be mistaken for prescription drugs.
11 December 2017