Hundreds of farmers in Chattogram’s Fatikchhari and Hathazari upazilas are facing losses due to toxic smoke from nearby brick kilns, which has been damaging their crops.
The Halda Valley Tea Estate is currently extracting water at three separate points using heavy pumps -- an act that violates the Water Act 2013 and is punishable under the law
The process of making semai (vermicelli) begins with mixing flour and hot water, then shaping the dough into thin strands through a round die, which are placed in bamboo baskets. After drying in the sun, the semai is roasted in a furnace, turning a rich reddish colour, and is then ready for sale.
The country’s first river-based Halda Resource Centre has remained dormant for the past two and a half years since its inauguration, due to a shortage of necessary equipment and inadequate workforce.
There is an old tale, passed down through generations, about a king and his youngest daughter.
The number of special trains for Eid journey, operating from Chattogram to different destinations across the country, has been significantly reduced due to an acute shortage of locomotives (engines).
The Baromasia canal in Chattogram’s Fatikchhari upazila is on the brink of drying up after the Halda Valley Tea Estate altered its course at several points to facilitate irrigation for its tea garden.
The first elevated expressway in Chattogram is facing significant challenges in delivering benefits to commuters due to a lack of entry and exit points, as most of the ramps are still under construction.
Numerous illegal structures, including makeshift shops, have sprung up along the Sholoshahar-Nazirhat rail tracks in Oxygen level crossing area of Chattogram city.
Numerous illegal structures, including makeshift shops, have sprung up along the Sholoshahar-Nazirhat rail tracks in Oxygen level crossing area of Chattogram city
The authorities opened the Kalurghat Bridge on Karnaphuli river in Chattogram to traffic today upon completion of repair works for 15 months
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.
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.
Mahbub Hasan, a bank official, went to visit Khoiyachhara Waterfall in Chattogram on September 27 this year.
Selina Akter, 35, and her husband Khorshed Alam, 45, from Sreemangal upazila in Moulvibazar, moved to Chattogram’s Bayezid Bostami area in 2008 and opened a roadside tea stall.
Md Harun, a 55-year-old farmer, was seen replanting paddy seedlings in his field at Paindong union in Chattogram’s Fatikchhari upazila. His 4 acres of paddy crops were damaged due to flood recently.
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.
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.
