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
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.
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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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.
June 13, 2024
New walkway to open before Eid
The newly constructed walkway of Kalurghat Bridge in Chattogram is set to open to the public before Eid-ul-Azha.
June 10, 2024
Drain of death
Life throws its fair share of curveballs. Apart from death, there is not much one can consider as inevitable in this world.
May 24, 2024
Ctg to get first arch bridge
Chattogram is going to get its first arch bridge, as construction has began on a branch canal of the Karnaphuli river under Patiya upazila in the district.
May 24, 2024
When conservation and livelihood collide
Shimul Jaladas, 35, used to be like many others in Madarikul Jelepara village -- a fisherman. For generations, his family had cast their nets in the Halda, Bangladesh’s prime breeding ground for carp. But in 2020, a government decree shattered their way of life.
May 23, 2024
Sitakunda’s litchi going to the UK, Maldives
The first consignments of 3,300 pieces of the juicy summer fruit were sent to both countries by local exporter SK International on May 17
May 20, 2024
Another Bangladeshi on Mt Everest
On Sunday morning, Liakat Ali and Lutfun Nahar’s home in Burischar of Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila was filled with utter elation as their son Babar Ali, a doctor and already a source of immense pride for the family, became the newest Bangladeshi to summit the Mount Everest.
May 18, 2024
Hope to revive a forest dashed
As many as 5,000 trees weren’t spared the axe in a five-acre forest area in Tulatoli of Chattogram. This lush-green forest was turned into a shipbreaking yard.
May 16, 2024
Wait for Ctg expressway nearing end
The elevated expressway in Chattogram, the first one in the port city, would be opened to traffic soon, said project officials.
May 16, 2024
174 fire hydrants lying unused for over two years
A total of 174 fire hydrants set up in different areas of Chattogram city are wearing out as those have been lying idle since installation.
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