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.
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.
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.
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.
A week into the ongoing flood situation in the country, outbreaks of waterborne disease are being reported from affected districts.
The extent of devastation from the floods is becoming visible as the waters are receding.
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.
The suspension began on August 3
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.
“If my son had committed any crime, they (police) could have arrested him, but why did they shoot my boy?” said Khorsheda Begum while sitting beside her son Ziaul Hoque, 20, on his bed at the orthopedic ward of Chattogram Medical College Hospital yesterday.
Mohammed Rubel, a mason by profession, is the sole earning member of his family.
