FM Mizanur Rahaman

Flood damages crops worth Tk 1,844.66cr in Ctg region

Crops worth an estimated Tk 1,844.66 crore have been damaged in the recent flash flood in Chattogram region.

2w ago

Chattogram airport losing business from foreign airlines

In the last 11 months, four foreign airline companies have halted their operations at Chattogram airport, leaving only two still operating

2w ago

‘We want to know if they are alive’

In Chattogram, families of two individuals, who were allegedly picked up by law enforcers years ago, are still desperately seeking answers.

1m ago

Flood water recedes, traffic resumes

Vehicular movement on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway, often referred to as the lifeline of the country, fully resumed on Sunday night after floodwaters receded from various sections in Feni and Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram.

1m ago

Flood causes 50km jam on Dhaka-Ctg highway

The economic lifeline of the country, the Dhaka-Chattogram highway, remains flooded in Feni.

1m ago

Attacks on Ctg police establishments: Damages worth Tk 23cr, 500 firearms looted

The spree of attacks on numerous police establishments in Chattogram district following the resignation of the Awami League-led government on August 5, caused infrastructural damages worth around Tk 23 crore, said police officials.

1m ago

Innocent people get caught up in violence

Mohammed Ashik, 23, who works at a mobile repairing shop in Chattogram city’s Reazuddin Bazar, was going to his workplace around 11:20am when he found himself in the line of fire as activists of Jubo League and Chhatra League were shooting at protesters yesterday.

1m ago

Over 126 students arrested in a week

On Sunday, Rezaul Karim Kusum Chowdhury was waiting at Chattogram’s 6th Metropolitan Magistrate Court for a bail petition hearing for his nephew Talha Mahmood Chowdhury, who was arrested in a violence case over the quota reform protests.

2m ago
June 14, 2022
June 14, 2022

Mohib ullah murder: Police press charges against 29 Rohingyas

His popularity among Rohingya community and stance against all kinds of crimes and irregularities inside the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar triggered the grisly murder of Mohib Ullah, said the charge sheet submitted after an eight-month investigation.

June 13, 2022
June 13, 2022

Mohib Ullah murder: Charges pressed against 29 Rohingyas without naming ARSA

Police today pressed charges against 29 Rohingyas in a case filed over the grisly murder of Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah.

June 12, 2022
June 12, 2022

Locals still reeling from the shock

Just 250 yards from BM Container Depot, Abul Kalam, who’s in his 60s, lives with his kids and grandchildren in Sitakunda’s Keshabpur area, locally known as Mollapara.

June 9, 2022
June 9, 2022

Info on BM depot removed from Smart Group website

Chattogram-based Smart Group, a partner of BM Container Depot Limited — where a devastating fire broke out, killing 45 people — has removed information on the depot from its website.

June 9, 2022
June 9, 2022

Ctg depot fire: Owners not sued by cops

Police yesterday sued eight officials of the fire-ravaged BM Container Depot for negligence but left out the owners of the depot.

June 8, 2022
June 8, 2022

Ctg depot fire: Many victims risk losing eyesight

A majority of those injured in the Chattogram depot blasts have suffered eye injuries and many are at risk of permanent vision loss.

June 7, 2022
June 7, 2022

CMCH staff brave all odds to help victims

With limited capacity, doctors and medical staffers at Chattogram Medical College Hospital are doing their best to treat the victims of BM Container Depot fire.

June 6, 2022
June 6, 2022

‘And the screen went dark’

“The last time I talked to my son was around 2:00pm on Saturday,” said Hasina Begum. 

June 5, 2022
June 5, 2022

First on Facebook live from Ctg depot fire, Nayan goes silent

“We were all together after the fire broke out at the container depot. Nayan was the first to go on Facebook live – providing updates on the fire. At one point there was a huge explosion, triggered by the fire. Nayan went silent and the screen went dark,” recalled Ariful Islam, a friend of Oliur Rahman Nayan.

June 4, 2022
June 4, 2022

Mitu murder: PBI wants to know ‘whereabouts’ of Babul’s son

Six years into the gruesome murder of Mahmuda Khanam Mitu in Chattogram, the investigation into the case filed in this connection is still at a dead end.