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
October 21, 2018
Chattogram's final tribute to THE MAESTRO
Chattogram City Corporation Mayor, A J M Nasir Uddin received Ayub Bachchu's body at Shah Amanat International Airport at 10:55 am and escorted it to the Balur Math area of Purba Madarbari in the port city, where hundreds of people gathered to see their favourite artiste for the last time.
October 19, 2018
DCJMUN - Shaping students as future leaders
Educational and cultural organisation Drishty Chattogram recently organised the fourth session of Drishty Chattogram Junior Model United Nations (DCJMUN), a shadow United Nations conference for school and college students.
October 19, 2018
Railway's Pahartali workshop plagued by manpower crisis
Despite infrastructure improvements in the last two years, the Carriage and Wagon Workshop of Bangladesh Railway's East Zone has been tottering with less than half of its required manpower for more than a decade now, putting its workers health and safety at risk.
October 16, 2018
Swapnanagar dreamers enjoy excursion at Fulki
The students of Swapnanagar Bidyaniketon, a school for underprivileged children in the Patiya upazila in Chattogram, performed at the Fulki auditorium in the city on Friday evening.
October 2, 2018
Hosts keep semifinal hopes alive
Shamim Hossain and Prantik Nawroz Nabil hit half centuries after a fine bowling effort to help Bangladesh bounce back from defeat in their Under-19 Asia Cup opener with a three-wicket win against Pakistan at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram yesterday.
September 24, 2018
A Man's Mission at CMCH: Tending the unattended
Though medicinal and surgical support are supposed to be provided in government hospitals to every patient, “unidentified” patients will have to face some hurdles to avail these facilities.
September 20, 2018
BRTA resumes scrapping unfit auto-rickshaws
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA), Chattogram has resumed scrapping CNG-run auto-rickshaws that are at least 15 years old and plying the port city roads, five months after the High Court dismissed a writ petition filed by vehicle owners challenging the process.
September 8, 2018
Jamboree playground turns park
The Jamboree Park opens in the port city's Agrabad today, ending the locals' wait for taking a stroll there.
August 28, 2018
Report finds measles outbreak at Tripura Para
A report by Institute of Public Health (IPH) revealed that outbreak of measles at Sonai Tripura Para under Hathazari upazila in Chittagong caused illness among children who were hospitalised in a span of a week, right after four children had died in the same area.
July 16, 2018
Work on one road ruining others in Ctg
Chittagong City Corporation's yearlong development work on Port Connecting Road (PC road) is taking its toll on Dhaka Trunk Road (DT road), another major route used by the commuters, leading to its miserable state.
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