Crops worth an estimated Tk 1,844.66 crore have been damaged in the recent flash flood in Chattogram region.
In the last 11 months, four foreign airline companies have halted their operations at Chattogram airport, leaving only two still operating
In Chattogram, families of two individuals, who were allegedly picked up by law enforcers years ago, are still desperately seeking answers.
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.
The economic lifeline of the country, the Dhaka-Chattogram highway, remains flooded in Feni.
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.
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.
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.
Custom House Chattogram has served a notice to BM Container Depot asking why its private bonded warehouse licence should not be cancelled following the recent deadly explosions and fire inside it.
Investigation into the 18 dubious birth certificates, which were issued hacking the user IDs and passwords of three ward councillor offices under Chattogram City Corporation, has been halted as police did not get any help from the registrar general’s office, despite repeated letters in this regard.
Chattogram Government Railway Police (GRP) has been reeling from the manpower crisis on top of severe work pressure, creating extra pressure on police personnel.
With an aim to provide the best cardiac care facilities to people from all walks of life, a specialised heart hospital under the Heart Foundation is going to start its journey in Chattogram by September.
The activities of assistant revenue officer (ARO) of Chattogram Custom House, who allegedly received a death threat from abroad for disclosing information about liquor consignments, were “questionable”, according to police.
Taking 20 recommendations of the probe committee that investigated the BM Container Depot blast into cognisance, Cabinet Division has issued letters to ministries and departments concerned, asking them to take action following the suggestions and ensure punishment.
Musba Ahmed Hisham was scheduled to fly, after his secondary School Certificate examination, to his mother in Canada who lives there with his sister. Even, all the procedures have been made so that Hisham could easily move there.
An official of Chattogram Custom House has reportedly received a death threat from abroad, after he disclosed information about seized liquor consignments, which were illegally imported using false declaration.
Once upon a time, Chattogram’s cinema halls used to buzz with audience. The Eids were the most festive seasons for film lovers across all classes of the port city, which had as many as 35 cinemas that used to release Bangla films regularly.
Chittagong University authorities yesterday expelled four Bangladesh Chhatra League activists for their involvement in the sexual harassment of two female students on the campus in September last year.