Chattogram’s pioneering multiplex Silver Screen, which opened in August 2018 with the promise of a modern cinema exhibition, has permanently closed down—quietly and without formal announcement. Located at Finlay Square, Silver Screen was the port city’s first multiplex and enjoyed initial success with strong audience turnout.
Discover bold Chattogram flavours with recipes like beef kala bhuna, beef curry, akhni biriyani, and steamed shutki curry. These dishes bring authentic Chittagonian spice, heritage, and heart-warming tradition to your home kitchen.
A picky eater’s food-focused trip to Chattogram delivers unexpected delights, from unforgettable aloo bhorta to heavenly hotel breakfasts — despite missed mezban dreams. A flavourful journey that proves Chattogram’s hidden culinary gems are worth discovering.
The Barabkunda Agnikunda in Sitakunda, Bangladesh, is a sacred flame mysteriously burning on water for centuries. Fuelled by natural methane, it blends myth, science, and spirituality into a rare, unforgettable travel experience.
Guliakhali does not try to impress you with rolling waves or the classic “beach photo-op” look. It just is. It seems as though someone took a beach, churned it in a mangrove forest, and then gently spread a grassy carpet on top. There are a lot of open grasslands, areas of shimmering water that cut through the green like silver veins, and mangrove roots that rise like natural sculptures. You don’t arrive at Guliakhali; you ease into it.
As someone who has lived in Dhaka and Chattogram for a more or less equal number of years, I am here to tell you that the port city is much better than the capital. Admit it: Dhaka is overrated.
Chattogram’s first monorail aims to ease traffic with faster, cheaper transit, but scepticism remains due to past delays and unfinished projects. If successful, it could boost urban life, business, and tourism, though locals debate its immediate necessity.
Picture a crowded harbour where the salty seabreeze carries whispers of far-off lands, where merchants of all creed and caste haggle over silks and spices, and where towering ships of all varieties – Chinese junks, Arab dhows, and Portuguese carracks – sway gently in the waters of the Bay of Bengal.
A recent study has confirmed the presence of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) in the drinking water at various restaurants, tea stalls, food carts, and diagnostic centres across Chattogram city, posing serious public health concerns.
The marginalised, the informal sector workers and those who depend on daily income for their livelihood are among the worst-affected by the ongoing shutdown enforced to stop the spread of coronavirus.
A 25-year-old man, whose father is the first confirmed coronavirus patient in Chattogram, also tests positive -- making him the second case in the port city.
Locals at different parts of Hathazari upazila are placing logs and placards with warning messages, and digging holes in the middle of the roads so that outsiders are unable to enter their villages, in an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus.
Two shipyard workers die after being exposed to toxic gas while dismantling an old ship at Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram this afternoon.
Police recover an Ak-22 rifle and ammunition from the residence of a former activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir in Chattogram city today, a day after his arrest in Dhaka.
Miscreants tried to rob a branch of United Commercial Bank (UCB) Limited in Chattogram early yesterday by drugging the security guard, but they apparently failed to break the bank vault.
After successful completion of seller summits in Rajshahi, Sylhet, Khulna, and Dhaka, Daraz, the largest e-commerce of Bangladesh, hosts a seller summit in Chattogram for the second consecutive time.
The houses in fairy tales often came in weird shapes and sizes -- one was shaped like a shoe, some were high up in the trees, and another was made out of chocolate. It’s almost impossible to find such structures in the real world, but there is one house in
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seizes gambling equipment and sharp weapons during simultaneous raids at three clubs in Chattogram city.
The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra were advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal No 3.
