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
November 25, 2017
ZACS decked out
If there was any doubt about regional loyalties in the Bangladesh Premier League, the first day of the Chittagong leg debunked it as
November 16, 2017
Nabanno Utshab celebrated in Chittagong
On a sunny afternoon of Kartik (seventh month of Bengali calendar), a Nabanno Utshob 1424 was held with colourful festivity and a cultural programme organised by Shishumela at Enayet Bazar Women's College premises on Tuesday.
October 27, 2017
“Theatre cannot be confined by borders”
Nazanin Sahamizaeh is a theatre activist from Iran and director of the play “Manus”, staged by Iranian theatre group Verbatim on
October 24, 2017
Five women theatre activists honoured in Chittagong
For their contribution to the theatre movement despite all obstacles, five women dramatists were awarded on the third day of International Theatre Festival organised by Nandimukh at the open stage of the Chittagong Shilpakala Academy on Sunday.
October 8, 2017
“Rabindra Sangeet is evergreen”
Ajita Guha is one of the contemporary Rabindra Sangeet singers of Kolkata, India. The artiste performed a solo music night at Fulki
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