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

3w 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
May 17, 2019
May 17, 2019

Little headway in probe as ‘JMB link’ unresolved

Although six months have passed since two suspected militants were killed during a drive by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) at a hideout in Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram, investigators are yet to ascertain whether they belonged to a faction of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB)

April 11, 2019
April 11, 2019

Slowed down by vehicle shortage

The Counter Terrorism (CT) unit of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) is failing to act promptly during emergencies due to shortage of vehicles.

March 10, 2019
March 10, 2019

'Shootout witness' missing for 5 months

An eyewitness to an alleged shootout between drug peddlers and Rapid Action Battalion-7 in Chattogram's Muradpur area has been missing for almost five months.

March 4, 2019
March 4, 2019

2 projectiles found in that Biman plane

Investigators have seized two projectiles from the Boeing 737-800 Biman aircraft, which Polash Ahmed reportedly tried to hijack on February 24 at Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport.

February 18, 2019
February 18, 2019

Fire kills nine in slum

At least nine people, including four of a family, are burnt to death and several others injured as a fire broke out at a slum in Chattogram city. All the victims were sleeping when the fire ripped through the slum.

January 29, 2019
January 29, 2019

Of unspoken horrors

During her five days at the hospital, the little girl could not utter a single word, but the bruises on her body and tears rolling down her cheeks bore testament of the unspeakable horror she had gone through.

January 28, 2019
January 28, 2019

Chattogram Jail: Mystery over identity of dead foreign prisoner

Conundrum over the identity of a foreign prisoner, who died of AIDS on January 18 while undergoing treatment at Chattogram Medical College Hospital, remains as the authorities of Chattogram Central Jail are yet to confirm his identity.

January 22, 2019
January 22, 2019

Free textbooks on sale!

Free textbooks for primary and high school students, provided by National Curriculum and Text Book (NCTB) authority, are being sold in port city markets.

January 19, 2019
January 19, 2019

As cruel as it gets

A domestic help was allegedly raped by her employer for about two years at his flat in a two-storey building in the city's Halishahar area.

January 16, 2019
January 16, 2019

Pvt universities main target

Hizb ut-Tahrir is campaigning secretly in Chattogram city, targeting private university students to recruit fresh operatives, said officials of Counter Terrorism (CT) unit of Chattogram Metropolitan Police.