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.
5d 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
1m 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.
1m 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.
1m ago
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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July 8, 2023
Passengers suffer as train service suspended for 3yrs
Muzibul Haque, a government employee and resident of Chandanish upazila in Chattogram, used to commute by train on Chattogram-Dohazari route to his workplace in the port city on a regular basis.
June 28, 2023
Traditions a must for Eid
In terms of festivities, Eid-ul-Azha has always had a special place in homemaker Shamsun Nahar’s heart, a resident of South Pahartali under Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila.
June 28, 2023
Qhwab a preserved delicacy
From the eighties till the 2000s, Rabeya Begum, a home-maker from Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila had no refrigerators at their house. So whenever Eid-ul-Azha came around, she had to opt for a unique technique to preserve the meat -- by making Qhwab.
June 24, 2023
Hope restored after a decade
Babun Das, a farmer from Barailia union under Chattogram’s Patiya upazila, had to face serious trouble to access water for crops as the Chankhali canal, located near his paddy field, was filled up.
June 14, 2023
Razing hills for chicken shed
A vested quarter has been accused of cutting hills in Chattogram’s Dharmapur union of Fatikchhari upazila, to construct a chicken shed.
June 7, 2023
Pritilata Museum: 10 years of unkept promises
Mochud Doula, a 70-year-old businessman, has been living in the port city’s Pahartali area for the past 42 years. Since 2012, he has been hearing promises that the European Club would be converted into Pritilata memorial museum soon.
May 24, 2023
Multi-storey car parking lies idle
The port city’s first multi-storey car parking, located in New Market area, is lying idle for around a year due to a mechanical failure and a shortage of operators. This has led to regular traffic congestion in front of the market.
May 17, 2023
Life on the edge of a broken embankment
The five-kilometre embankment in Musapur union of Sandwip upazila was repaired in 2008. But the union has lost a vast area of its land to the sea due to erosion, since no further renovation work has been done.
May 10, 2023
The menace of makeshift markets
Illegal structures selling fruits, vegetables, fish, and consumer products on both sides of the rail track in the Jan Ali Hat rail gate area on the Chattogram-Dohazari section of Bangladesh Railway (BR) continue to pose a risk of train accidents.
May 10, 2023
Hill razed for ATM booth in CRB
The Sonali Bank authorityies have reportedly cut a hill in the port city’s Central Railway Building (CRB) area to build an ATM booth, without any approval from the Department of Environment.
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