Pandit Swarnamoy launches album in port city
A cultural evening featuring renditions of Pandit Swarnamoy Chakraborty was held in the port city on Saturday. On the occasion of launching his first vocal classical CD, Classical Music Students Forum Chittagong organised the programme at AK Khan Auditorium of Fulki.
7y ago
Rice stocked illegally
A departmental probe body yesterday said there was 63.1 tonnes of excess rice in Chittagong silos, a day after the regional controller
7y ago
Whose rice is it anyway?
As many as 155 tonnes of rice seized in the port city while being smuggled out of government depots was packed in jute sacks bearing the insignia of the Directorate General of Food. The directorate, however, claimed the rice seized from seven trucks was not theirs.
7y ago
Cracks in Ctg bridge days before its launch
A bridge in Chittagong's Chandanaish upazila sagged just two days before its inauguration last month.
7y ago
Chittagong pays tribute to Hemanta Mukhopadhyay
Music enthusiasts of the port city enjoyed an enchanting musical evening that featured songs of legendary singer Hemanta
7y ago
Recommendations to save hills fall on deaf ears
It has been 10 years since the technical committee of the Divisional Hill Management Committee (HMC) came up with 36 recommendations to protect the hills in the port city and its nearby areas to avert future loss in landslides.
7y ago
Thousands at risk of landslide
Thousands of people living on the slopes of hills in Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts and Cox's Bazar are exposed to landslides in the rainy season due to cutting of hills and unauthorised use of public land.
7y ago
A silent soldier of pantomime
Pantomime is a powerful art medium which has the ability to touch the heart of the audience with silence.
7y ago
September 20, 2015
Joy Goswami captivates Chittagong readers
“Writings start from silence and the real enemy of writing is talking,” Joy Goswami, an acclaimed contemporary Bangali writer, said as he mixed with readers and literature enthusiasts of the port city at a programme on Friday evening.
September 1, 2015
Bangladeshi cop dives in canal to save kid
People around were just watching as the eight-year-old started to disappear into the canal in Nimtala of Chittagong but then he came in, jumped into the water and rescued the child.
August 16, 2015
Judge shortage makes Ctg litigants suffer
The cases filed each month in Chittagong district overwhelmingly outnumber the ones adjudicated during the period. As the cases pile
August 3, 2015
Ahmed Nawaz's “Khero Khata” opens in port city
A solo art exhibition titled “Khero Khata” featuring the artworks of eminent artist Ahmed Nawaz opened at the auditorium of District Shilpakala Academy on Friday.
August 3, 2015
Korean jazz singer Woong San enthralls Chittagong audience
When reputed Korean jazz vocalist Woong San with her lucid voice began to render the famous Bangla patriotic song “Ami Banglaye Gaan Gai” of Pratul
July 30, 2015
Victim family rejoices
It was around 11:00am on the fateful morning of April 17, 1971.
June 23, 2015
Oil cleanup efforts on
Three days into the oil spill from sunken train wagons in a Boalkhali canal, the local authorities yesterday put an oil-boom in the water
June 21, 2015
Ramadan starts in port city amid water crisis
An acute water crisis has been prevailing in Chittagong city for several weeks due to a fall in production by the Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa).
June 13, 2015
Living at risk of landslide
With the monsoon here, fear of landslides grip those living in the hill regions, especially on the hillsides.
June 13, 2015
Halda sees drastic fall in spawn production
Since the wee hours of yesterday, there were boatloads of fishermen drifting in the Halda river. They had waited for months because the
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