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 25, 2018
May 25, 2018

A classic tale of gang rivalry

According to sources, one Rafiq introduced the illicit business in the Barisal Colony area in 1990 and controlled the drug trade, in a syndicate with Monir, Faruk, Salamat, Yusuf, "Honda" Bahar and "CNG" Jasim.

May 24, 2018
May 24, 2018

'Shootouts' can't deter Barisal Colony peddlers

Two alleged drug dealers were killed in a "shootout" with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) at Chittagong's Barisal Colony last Thursday (May 17), but business has not remained suspended even for a day.

May 22, 2018
May 22, 2018

Family demands probe into third party involvement

Mohammed Amin -- father of Tasfia Amin, whose body was found on concrete blocks at embankment of the Karnaphuli in the city's Patenga Naval area on May 3 -- yesterday demanded investigation to determine if there was involvement of any third party in the incident.

May 19, 2018
May 19, 2018

Engineer remains missing for 26 days

It has been 26 days since a mechanical engineer from Chittagong has remained missing.

May 8, 2018
May 8, 2018

Police looking for CNG auto-rickshaw that carried Tasfia

Investigators have been hunting the CNG-run auto-rickshaw and its driver which carried Tasfia Amin from Chittagong city's Golpahar area on May 2 after coming out from city a restaurant.

May 7, 2018
May 7, 2018

Killings in Hills: Justice elusive, all along

The conflicts among different political groups in the Chittagong Hill Tracts over establishing supremacy have left an estimated 600 people killed since signing of the CHT Peace Accord in 1997.

May 4, 2018
May 4, 2018

Questions arise over death of schoolgirl

Police are trying to find out answers of several questions over the mysterious death of Tasfia Amin, a ninth grader of Sunshine Grammar School and College in Chittagong, whose body was recovered from the Naval Road area of Patenga on Wednesday morning.

April 9, 2018
April 9, 2018

Yaba made him millionaire

Meet Nurul Huda. Not so long ago, he used to work as a helper of a bus. Day in day out, Nurul tended to travellers on the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf route.

April 4, 2018
April 4, 2018

When BCL leader takes matters into own hands

The general secretary of Chattogram city unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has assaulted a college principal on the campus on

April 3, 2018
April 3, 2018

Like a guardian angel

Following the example of Assistant Sub-inspector Shariful Islam, another policeman showed generosity by helping an HSC (Higher