Sitakunda
Drinking water crisis grips Sitakunda
The drinking water crisis in Sitakunda has been worsening as over 7,000 tube wells have become dysfunctional due to the fall of the groundwater layer amid scorching heat.
The crumbling coasts
Illegal sand mining is eating away people's homes, farmland and wildlife habitats
Sitakunda Blast / It was an accident, don’t blame us: director of Seema Group
"We submitted all of the necessary paperworks to the relevant authorities last night. Our explosive license, fire license, and other papers and documents are up to date and in order. We also had fire-fighting equipment in the factory"
6 places in Bangladesh to visit in winter
Winter lovers often love to travel with layered-up clothes throughout the country, but often end up visiting the same place in other seasons. To change that up, here are the top 6 places to visit in the winter.
Top 5 places to visit in Sitakunda
Well known for its natural beauty, Sitakunda has always been one of the major tourist spots in Bangladesh. Sitakunda is an upazila in Chattogram district hosting the first eco-park of the country. The name of the place itself — Sitakunda is rather intriguing and there are multiple myths behind the origin of the name, but that’s another story! For now, let’s discuss the top 5 places you should visit if you are in Sitakunda.
If Sitakunda tragedy has a redeeming feature, it is the volunteers
People coming in droves to help blast victims set inspiring examples
Dam makeshift, damage extensive
The Chattogram-based GPH Ispat Ltd has constructed a makeshift dam on a stream bordering the Jangal-Bashbaria reserve forest in Sitakunda to secure water supply to its new factory.
Transport workers turn rowdy in Sitakunda
A weigh station along Dhaka-Chittagong highway was vandalised and the highway blocked for hours allegedly by transport workers yesterday.
Shipbreaking Yards: No let-up in deaths
Two shipbreaking workers were killed at two scrap yards in Sitakunda in the early hours of yesterday and Sunday afternoon.
Another child sick in Sitakunda
A seven-year-old indigenous boy was sent to a hospital with fever yesterday, taking the number of children suffering from one unknown disease to 87 in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong.
16 more children from Sitakunda taken to hospital
Sixteen more children in Sitakunda's Tripura Para became sick and were admitted to hospital yesterday, but doctors say the 68 other local children, hospitalised earlier with similar symptoms, were recovering.
6 more Sitakunda kids hospitalised
Six more children fell sick yesterday in Sitakunda's Tripura Para and were admitted to hospital immediately, but 51 children, hospitalised with similar symptoms, were apparently getting well.
'Disease new', problem old
Seven more children became sick yesterday in Sitakunda's Tripura Para where nine others died this week showing similar symptoms.
Fresh 'gunfight' at Ctg ‘Neo JMB den'
Law enforcers cordon off a suspected “Neo JMB” den at Bagbaria in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong. Two teams of Special Weapon and Tactics (SWAT) and Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) from Dhaka join the drive.
Worker killed at shipbreaking yard
A worker was killed and four others were injured as an iron plate fell on them while they were working at a shipbreaking yard in Chittagong's Sitakunda upazila on Sunday.
5 hurt as Ctg factory guards ‘fire’ on road crash protesters
Five people are injured when security guards of a steel mill allegedly opened gunfire during a demonstration following a death in a road crash in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong.
Pilgrims of mythical Chandranath Hill
Several hundred thousand Hindu devotees of the country embark on a pilgrimage every year at the scenic and fabled Chandranath hill in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong.
Abducted Ctg girl rescued after 11 days
Police rescued a 15-year-old schoolgirl on Sunday night, 11 days after she was abducted on her way to school in Sitakunda upazila by some youths.
1 killed as train rams lorry in Ctg
A man is killed and at least three others are injured after a train crashed into a lorry in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong.