Injured, they now stare at bleak future
Mohammed Rubel, a mason by profession, is the sole earning member of his family.
1d ago
New housing project, same old fate?
Chattogram Development Authority has taken up yet another housing project, despite struggling to complete its previous three such projects.
1w ago
When protector turns polluter
The Sundari canal in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila is facing a severe environmental crisis due to indiscriminate dumping of garbage by the municipality.
1w ago
Deadline keeps on extending
The project to construct Kalurghat-Chaktai road on the bank of Karnaphuli river in Chattogram began in July 2017 with a deadline to be completed by June 2020.
2w ago
Renovation delay prolongs suffering
Abdul Malek, 52, was waiting at the ghat beside Kalurghat Bridge in Chattogram to board a ferry on his way back from the port city to Boalkhali upazila after visiting his doctor on Thursday.
2w ago
Shrimp fry collection goes on despite ban
Despite a ban in place on collecting shrimp fries, the illegal activity has been going on unabated in Sangu and Karnaphuli rivers as well as the Bay of Bengal in Chattogram in broad daylight.
2w ago
New roads put agriculture at stake
Mohammed Sohel, 37, of Golichipa Para in the North Halishahar area of Chattogram city, is planning to work as a transport worker as the four-acre land he used to cultivate as a sharecropper has been turned into a truck terminal and cold storage depot.
3w ago
Mithachhara on deathbed
The Bangladesh Water Development Board excavated a six-kilometre stretch of Mithachhara canal in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila in 2019 at a cost of Tk 49.96 lakh.
4w ago
July 26, 2024
Injured, they now stare at bleak future
Mohammed Rubel, a mason by profession, is the sole earning member of his family.
July 16, 2024
New housing project, same old fate?
Chattogram Development Authority has taken up yet another housing project, despite struggling to complete its previous three such projects.
July 15, 2024
When protector turns polluter
The Sundari canal in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila is facing a severe environmental crisis due to indiscriminate dumping of garbage by the municipality.
July 11, 2024
Deadline keeps on extending
The project to construct Kalurghat-Chaktai road on the bank of Karnaphuli river in Chattogram began in July 2017 with a deadline to be completed by June 2020.
July 9, 2024
Renovation delay prolongs suffering
Abdul Malek, 52, was waiting at the ghat beside Kalurghat Bridge in Chattogram to board a ferry on his way back from the port city to Boalkhali upazila after visiting his doctor on Thursday.
July 8, 2024
Shrimp fry collection goes on despite ban
Despite a ban in place on collecting shrimp fries, the illegal activity has been going on unabated in Sangu and Karnaphuli rivers as well as the Bay of Bengal in Chattogram in broad daylight.
July 2, 2024
New roads put agriculture at stake
Mohammed Sohel, 37, of Golichipa Para in the North Halishahar area of Chattogram city, is planning to work as a transport worker as the four-acre land he used to cultivate as a sharecropper has been turned into a truck terminal and cold storage depot.
June 29, 2024
Mithachhara on deathbed
The Bangladesh Water Development Board excavated a six-kilometre stretch of Mithachhara canal in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila in 2019 at a cost of Tk 49.96 lakh.
June 25, 2024
Digitalisation push to cost CWasa Tk 200cr
The Chattogram Water Supply and Sewerage authority purchased and installed 90,000 water meters at a cost of around Tk 27 crore between 2018 and 2022 to collect bills from consumers properly.
June 22, 2024
Saline creeps into cropland as sluice gates lie unrepaired
At least 50 farmers in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila are struggling to protect their crops as saline water from the Bay of Bengal constantly inundated their 150 acres of cropland due to four sluice gates being non-functional for eight years.
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