Chattogram Wasa: ‘Tk 100cr lost every year to ‘system loss’
In the last fiscal year, 30 percent of Chattogram Wasa’s water was wasted, resulting in significant revenue loss.
3d ago
Back to square one following futile excavation
Within just two years after excavation by Bangladesh Water Development Board, the Leinga canal at Chattogram's Karnaphuli upazila has been filled up once again.
4d ago
Illegal structures pose accident risk
Numerous illegal structures, including makeshift shops, have sprung up along the Sholoshahar-Nazirhat rail tracks in Oxygen level crossing area of Chattogram city.
3w ago
Level crossing: Illegal structures pose accident risk
Numerous illegal structures, including makeshift shops, have sprung up along the Sholoshahar-Nazirhat rail tracks in Oxygen level crossing area of Chattogram city
3w ago
Kalurghat Bridge reopens: Sufferings over... finally!
The authorities opened the Kalurghat Bridge on Karnaphuli river in Chattogram to traffic today upon completion of repair works for 15 months
4w ago
Halda fishers struggle for survival
A loan programme intended to offer alternative livelihoods to fishermen affected by the fishing ban in the Halda river has failed to meet its objectives, resulting in a waste of public funds.
4w ago
Forestland given away for illegal sand lifting
In a move that violates laws, the Chattogram district administration has given permission to a foreign contractor to lift sand from a portion of the Ramgarh-Sitakunda reserve forest in Chattogram’s Jiltali area for a road widening project.
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Chattogram Waterfalls: Scenic wonders or death traps?
Mahbub Hasan, a bank official, went to visit Khoiyachhara Waterfall in Chattogram on September 27 this year.
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September 19, 2024
Lack of ferry service plagues locals
Parvez Anowar, a businessperson, was seen washing mud from his legs at Kumira Ghat in Chattogram. He just reached there after having to tread through muddy water at Guptachhara Ghat in Sandwip upazila to get on a boat.
September 18, 2024
Six years on, wage board yet to be implemented
Mokbul Hossain, 48, a cutter in the shipbreaking industry, lives in a two-room rented house with his family of six in Kadamrasul, Sitakunda, Chattogram.
September 9, 2024
Patenga beach falls victim to encroachment
The Patenga beach in the port city is at risk of losing its natural beauty as illegal structures keep sprouting along the seaside in the absence of effective measures from the authorities concerned.
September 9, 2024
Workplace safety still a far cry
Cutter-man Sahab Uddin died after falling from a scrap ship at a shipbreaking yard in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila on May 29 last year.
August 31, 2024
From homes to hopes, everything washed away
His house collapsed in a flash in the floodwater. Mohammed Shahjahan, a 55-year-old, lost everything in his residence and took shelter in a relative’s house.
August 30, 2024
Flood raises spectre of diseases
A week into the ongoing flood situation in the country, outbreaks of waterborne disease are being reported from affected districts.
August 29, 2024
Floods upend lives of thousands
The extent of devastation from the floods is becoming visible as the waters are receding.
August 17, 2024
Inaugurated but inaccessible
The first elevated expressway in Chattogram city has yet to open to traffic, even though over eight months have passed since its inauguration in November last year.
August 11, 2024
Freight train suspension deepens Ctg port’s container congestion
The suspension began on August 3
August 5, 2024
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.
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