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.
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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
October 26, 2022
Security now serious concern
Around 73 percent of the construction work of the 100-kilometre Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar rail link had been completed by August. But security arrangements for this route are still in limbo, as railway police do not have the required workforce and infrastructure to monitor this line.
October 19, 2022
‘Daughters of the state’
Marjina, Mukta and Tania Akhter ended up at state-run Chotomoni Nibash in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila many years ago. The three were so young that they never even got the chance to know their biological parents.
October 13, 2022
Fighting again to restore democracy
Alleging that the Awami League government has turned the country into a crematorium, the BNP has said there is no alternative to ending its rule.
October 5, 2022
A haven for criminals
Criminal activities in Jungle Salimpur and adjacent areas used to make headlines more often than not.
October 5, 2022
Integrated planning the key
Environmentalists believe that the huge environmental destruction of Jungle Salimpur poses a great threat to the ecosystem as the landscape has seen tremendous changes over the years due to mindless hill cutting.
October 5, 2022
‘Where else do we go?’
Ten years ago, Rahima Akhter and her husband migrated to Chattogram from Noakhali and bought a plot in Chhinnomul Bazar of Jungle Salimpur from the Mashiur gang. They paid Tk 30,000 for the land and built a semi-pucca house.
October 5, 2022
400 acres of hills gone in 15 years
Standing just beside the Fouzdarhat-Bayezid Link Road, Sitakunda’s Bangla Bazar area will welcome any visitor with an abundance of hilly greenery. However, the scene inside the area is not quite as it seems at the first sight.
October 2, 2022
Fresh fighting in Myanmar frightens villagers
Villagers in three unions of Bandarban and Cox’s Bazar are living in fear as they heard fresh gunshots and shelling inside Myanmar where a fight between the Myanmar Army and Arakan Army rages on.
September 21, 2022
Police making lists of Ctg BNP leaders
Chattogram Metropolitan Police has been preparing detailed lists of leaders holding posts in committees of the BNP and associated bodies.
September 21, 2022
An enlightening initiative
Whenever one thinks of a police station, they would imagine police vans sitting outside, ready to roll out. They would think of seized vehicles, piles of documents sitting on the desks and criminals behind bars.
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