Chandanpura Mosque: A sight to behold
Despite the hustle and bustle of ever-busy Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah Road in port city, a structure with multiple domes and soaring minarets painted in bright colours compels a passer-by to halt and behold its beauty and majesty.
5y ago
Country’s lone Ethnological Museum in a shambles
If a museum is considered to be a window into the rich history of local culture, which plays a crucial role in preserving the past and documenting the present to inspire the future, the country’s lone Ethnological Museum in the port city is failing its purpose.
5y ago
A new breathing space for port city residents
With 3,000 trees of 41 different species, Bayezid Sabuj Udyan in the port city was inaugurated yesterday to provide a new green space to city dwellers.
5y ago
When the elephant is the room!
The houses in fairy tales often came in weird shapes and sizes -- one was shaped like a shoe, some were high up in the trees, and another was made out of chocolate. It’s almost impossible to find such structures in the real world, but there is one house in
5y ago
A glimmer of hope for ‘boon granters’
Finally a ray of hope for the “Bostami turtles”, a species previously declared extinct in the wild by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), as a group of specialists have successfully hatched 36 eggs in an incubator last month.
5y ago
Friends of the neighbourhood
With an aim to help the underprivileged in their respective neighbourhoods cope with difficult situations and overcome crises, a group of students in the port city have been working under the banner of “Rise of Youth Community (RYC) Bangladesh” since 2017.
5y ago
Cattle markets pick up in port city
With Eid-ul-Azha just days away, cattle markets in the port city are seeing impressive turnouts -- with sale of sacrificial animals reaching its peak.
5y ago
Bangladesh Art Week concludes in Chattogram
Bangladesh Art Week 2019 concluded in Chattogram yesterday at Artist Rashid Chowdhury Art Gallery, Institute of Fine Arts, University of Chittagong.
5y ago
January 26, 2019
Documentary film induction concludes in Chattogram
A four-day long documentary film induction titled, “Project Development Workshop” organised by Dhaka DocLab, concludes today at Shilpakala Academy, Chattogram.
January 21, 2019
No ID, no ticket
The authorities of Bangladesh Railway (east zone) have made it mandatory for passengers to provide national identity (NID) cards while purchasing train tickets as part of a pilot project to check scalping.
January 13, 2019
Ctg residents worry over water price hike
Port city residents are aggrieved over the decision of Chittagong Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (CWasa) to increase household water bills by five percent from February 1.
December 4, 2018
Publicity business slower than usual
Owners and workers of printing presses and sound systems in the port city are in apprehension about the business they would be able to generate ahead of the national election, as they are unsure of a congenial election environment with participation of candidates from all political parties.
November 26, 2018
Accident took his hands, not his will
At only 14, Rafikul Islam Rabbi is already a source of inspiration.
November 21, 2018
SOS from a hospital
Md Osman (not his real name), a railway official, was admitted to Bangladesh Railway Hospital in Chattogram last week for acute stomach aches.
November 12, 2018
Let kindness ripple around
You don't pay back a favour; instead, you help someone else who in turn favours another person -- this is the moto of Facebook group “Pay It Forward Bangladesh”.
November 2, 2018
Shaping Chattogram's bustling cafe scene
Barcode Cafe, Barcode Marina Capella, Burgwich Town, Barcode GEC, Mejjan Haile Aiyun and Bir Chattola – are all brainchildren of successful businessman, Monjurul Hoque, who began building his restaurant empire in Chattogram several years ago.
October 28, 2018
Week-long solo exhibition of Shoumen Das opens
A week-long solo painting exhibition by Professor Shoumen Das was inaugurated at the auditorium of Alliance Francaise de Chittagong recently.
October 21, 2018
AB home, for good
Bangladesh’s band music legend and founder of LRB, Ayub Bachchu has been laid to eternal rest beside his mother at their family graveyard in Chattogram.
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