Arun Bikash Dey

Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) has been allowed to set up just three temporary markets, although CCC sought permission to set up 10 for Eid-ul-Azha.

Chattogram residents who buy essentials from Trading Corporation Bangladesh (TCB) had to suffer yesterday, as Chattogram District Administration postponed TCB operations, reportedly without notice.

Even though the torrential rain took a break in the port city, the sufferings of residents did not. Many low-lying areas in the city are still under knee-deep water.

A woman gave her life to save her six-month-old twins during a landslide at the Barishal Ghona Jhiler Pahar under the Akbar Shah Police Station in Chattogram early today.

The Laldhighi Park is one of the few parks in the port city that offer visitors free access. The park is located at the centre of the port city, around a kilometre away from the New Market area.

Located in the Agrabad area, the Jamboree Park in Chattogram city has become a sought-after place for residents.

Flapping their colourful wings, they hover from one flower to another. After collecting nectar, they float around to another destination, leaving spectators in awe of their mundane tasks. Indeed, butterflies are graceful creatures.

Of these, the first three are run by Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) while Jamboree Park is run by Public Works Department. Visitors don’t have to pay to access these four parks.

A majority of those injured in the Chattogram depot blasts have suffered eye injuries and many are at risk of permanent vision loss.

Never has the burn and plastic surgery unit of Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) faced the rush of so many patients with burn injuries at the same time.

Tofajjal Haque, an IT in-charge of BM Container Depot, was on duty when the depot caught fire on Saturday night. He was around 120 feet away from the explosion spot inside the container but could not save himself from the blaze.

Imrul Kaisar, a constable of Industrial Police at Kumira, was the first to inform firefighters of the BM Depot explosion on Saturday night. Imrul is currently fighting for his life at the Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit of Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH).

Right after the news of the deadly explosion at Sitakunda BM Depot broke, around 200 students of Chattogram University head out in two buses, in the middle of the night.

The committees of three units of Chattogram Jubo League are yet to be declared, even a month after their councils, frustrating its leaders and activists.

For the first time in Chattogram, a patient’s brain tumour has been removed using endoscopic procedure, a minimally invasive method.

Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) researchers have developed a distribution model of pure cow-milk that would benefit both consumers and dairy farmers.

Awami League chairman candidate for Banshkhali’s Chambol Union Parishad said he would keep his men at polling booths to press EVM buttons if voters failed to do so.

Sujit Dey, a patient hailing from Patiya upzila in Chattogram, came to Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of his legs as he suffers from an arterial disease.

Enthusiasm has grown among the leaders and activists of Jubo League in Chattogram over the long-expected council scheduled to start from today.

A drizzle in the morning was all it took to submerge Chattogram city’s low-lying areas yesterday, resulting in residents, commuters and pedestrians having to deal with muddy and waterlogged roads.