‘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
Negligence evident, yet no legal action
Although three days have passed since the explosion at Sheema Oxygen Limited in Sitakunda’s Keshabpur neighbourhood, no case was filed in this regard till yesterday.
6 March 2023
Sitakunda oxygen plant blast: Lax monitoring, lack of safety gear to blame
The absence of workers’ safety equipment and a lack of inspections of heavy machinery are to blame for Sunday’s explosion at the Sheema Oxygen Plant in Sitakunda’s Keshabpur, said probe officials
5 March 2023
It was an accident, don’t blame us: director of Seema Group
"We submitted all of the necessary paperworks to the relevant authorities last night. Our explosive license, fire license, and other papers and documents are up to date and in order. We also had fire-fighting equipment in the factory"
5 March 2023
6 killed as blast rips thru oxygen plant
Six people were killed and at least 30 others injured in an explosion at an industrial oxygen plant in Sitakunda, Chattogram, yesterday afternoon.
4 March 2023
When a little goes a long way
Nur Islam, 45, residing in the port city’s Pahartali area, had lost both his legs in a train accident, pushing his life and family into uncertainty.
31 January 2023
The man who drew Chattogram’s map in 1818
Today, one can find their desired location easily with the help of Google Maps. If a person wants to tour a foreign country or even wants to take a stroll at the Amzaon forest to say for example, they are unlikely to get lost, thanks to the blessings of technology.
3 January 2023
Frobel Academy, where every child really matters
“Today’s children are the leaders of tomorrow’s world’. With an aim to provide the best childhood education to the future leaders, Frobel Play School started its journey of pre-school education in 2003 in port city’s Panchlaish Residential Area. In 2017,
25 December 2022
‘Will help ever come our way?’
Suvash Chanda Jaldash, now 75 years old, had land, home, and much more in Noakhali’s South Hatia island in the early 90s. With his wife and five children, he had a happy life in the then “Aladi village” in Hatia’s Nalchira union.
17 December 2022
Chattogram now a transit for wildlife trafficking
Chattogram has become a transit route for wildlife trafficking by poachers and smugglers due to the indifference and lack of proper monitoring of the authorities concerned.
13 December 2022
Security high in Ctg for PM’s rally
The law enforcers have beefed up security in Chattogram as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also president of the ruling Awami League, is scheduled to address a rally in the port city today.
3 December 2022
Recruitment anomaly: Is PS of Chittagong University VC being protected?
The Chittagong University administration is delaying to sue former personal secretary to the vice chancellor and a guard over recruitment irregularity, ignoring a probe committee’s recommendation.
27 November 2022
An absolute football frenzy
With the beginning of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Chattogram has entered a festive mood with jerseys and flags taking over the markets and footpaths of the port city.
22 November 2022
Rohingya NID scam: Syndicate charges Tk 1.30 lakh per head
Taking a huge amount of money, a syndicate, of some dishonest Election Commission employees and criminals, has been providing national identity cards to Rohingyas in Chattogram city.
27 October 2022
Security now serious concern
Around 73 percent of the construction work of the 100-kilometre Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar rail link had been completed by August. But security arrangements for this route are still in limbo, as railway police do not have the required workforce and infrastructure to monitor this line.
25 October 2022
‘Daughters of the state’
Marjina, Mukta and Tania Akhter ended up at state-run Chotomoni Nibash in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila many years ago. The three were so young that they never even got the chance to know their biological parents.
18 October 2022
Fighting again to restore democracy
Alleging that the Awami League government has turned the country into a crematorium, the BNP has said there is no alternative to ending its rule.
12 October 2022
A haven for criminals
Criminal activities in Jungle Salimpur and adjacent areas used to make headlines more often than not.
4 October 2022
Integrated planning the key
Environmentalists believe that the huge environmental destruction of Jungle Salimpur poses a great threat to the ecosystem as the landscape has seen tremendous changes over the years due to mindless hill cutting.
4 October 2022
‘Where else do we go?’
Ten years ago, Rahima Akhter and her husband migrated to Chattogram from Noakhali and bought a plot in Chhinnomul Bazar of Jungle Salimpur from the Mashiur gang. They paid Tk 30,000 for the land and built a semi-pucca house.
4 October 2022
400 acres of hills gone in 15 years
Standing just beside the Fouzdarhat-Bayezid Link Road, Sitakunda’s Bangla Bazar area will welcome any visitor with an abundance of hilly greenery. However, the scene inside the area is not quite as it seems at the first sight.
4 October 2022