"My husband is at least alive, even if his left hand has been amputated. It means a lot to me that he is still alive," said Nazneen Nahar, wife of Nurul Afsar, who sustained burn injuries in the fire and subsequent explosions at BM Container Depot in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram on Saturday night (June 4, 2022).
Abdul Majid was scurrying from place to place to find his son since late last night.
People from Mro and Tripura communities in Bandarban, who were affected by the fire on Jhum land, have refused aid from the local administration as the relief was being distributed in presence of those allegedly involved in burning the gardens at Langkompara, under Bandarban’s Lama upazila.
“My six brothers and one sister were about two arms’ length away from the road on the day of the accident. My other brother and I were on the street. Instead of hitting us, the pickup van targeted and crushed my brothers. The vehicle then came back and crushed my injured sister after killing my brothers,” said Munni Sushil, who survived the road accident in Chakaria upazila on February 9, last night.
When Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) constructed two swimming pools in 2015, it was hailed by the residents. They were constructed at a portion of the city’s Jatisangha Park area.
While going for a morning walk in port city’s Central Railway Building (CRB) area on Thursday, Abdul Aziz, a resident of Kazir Dewri, was taken aback after seeing a notice that read “This road has been closed permanently for public use; kindly use an alternative road”.
For a small shop without a signboard or even a name, the popularity of this butter store is unparalleled among the residents of the port city. For 80 long years, this shop with no name has ruled the hearts of the city, solely with the quality of its produce.
Three buildings and five tin-roofed houses were evacuated in Majirghat area of Chattogram yesterday hours after they tilted to one side amid the excavation work of a nearby canal.
Jhinuk Begum, a mother of three children, is in a nail-biting situation as she fears that the little tin-shed hut she lives in at the foot of a hill in Bandarban might go beneath mud anytime with landslides being a frequent occurrence in the area lately.
Cradled in the scenic hilly landscape and close to the town centre, a cluster of three indigenous villages of Bandarban sadar upazila faces grabbing by a resort owner who intends to build a five-star hotel in the area.
An important bridge over the Painchhara canal in Bandarban Sadar has been lying broken for the last four months much to the inconvenience of the residents of four localities.
A climate of fear and intimidation gripped the indigenous communities living in the hills of Bandarban and surrounding areas after five
The brother of an Awami League eader was shot dead in Rajbila union of Bandarban early yesterday.
Unabated destruction of forests coupled with stone theft and use of deep tubewells at tobacco plantations have dried up the once mighty Roambo jhiri (a creek or small stream) in remote hills of Bandarban's Alikadam upazila.
The Buddhists from Myanmar's Chin state, who took shelter in a remote hilly area of Ruma upazila early this week, have been suffering from shortage of food, clothes and medicine amid cold weather.
Around 200 Buddhists from Myanmar's Chin state crossed into a remote hilly region of Bandarban's Ruma on Monday following intensified fighting between Myanmar army and rebel group Arakan Army, officials said.
A gate of Meghla Parjatan Complex in Bandarban remains closed most of the time, obstructing movement of residents of two indigenous neighbourhoods.
A hostel for students built four years ago in Sadar upazila lies unused as there are no villages of indigenous people, or even educational institutions, near it.
