Arun Bikash Dey

After passing HSC examination in 2006, Firoza Khatun wanted to receive higher education at a university, but she could not afford it. She thought her dreams were shattered, as she had to start working in a readymade garment factory to support her family.

Residents of KB Aman Ali Road area in port city’s West Bakalia have been suffering from various problems as the adjacent Chaktai canal has been filled with polythene bags.

A 98-year-old retired schoolteacher has allegedly been driven out of his ancestral house by land grabbers in Anwara upazila of Chattogram.

After decades of suffering, residents of two unions in Chattogram’s Raozan have joined the efforts of one visionary, to end their recurring commuting woes every year.

People of the port city celebrated Pahela Baishakh amidst much enthusiasm and festivity on Sunday.

Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) is going to launch a research vessel in the Kaptai Lake this month to find out why carp fish have been disappearing there.

Around 97 percent high-rise buildings in Chattogram city lack adequate fire safety measures, posing a serious risk of casualties in case of fire, reveals a survey conducted by the Fire Service and Civil Defence.

Some garbage collectors of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) are blaming the corporation for various skin diseases they suffer from, as it does not give them any protective gear.

Although tuberculosis (TB) infections have been a concern for Bangladesh for quite a long time, screening facilities are still not available in every upazila.

The CT scan service at Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) has resumed after four years but a shortage of manpower is still depriving many patients of the service.

Chattogram city residents were surprised by a recent call from Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA), urging people to use the 11 footbridges.

Defying a government ban, CNG-run three-wheelers are still plying Chattogram-Cox's Bazar highway.

Excavation of the Karnaphuli tunnel will commence in the third week of this month, a development much welcomed by the port city business community for the boost in communication Tk 9,880 crore-project would give upon its completion in 2022.

Owners and workers of various business establishments, cooperating with Chattogram District Administration in the ongoing eviction drive along Karnaphuli river, urged the authorities concerned to ensure their rehabilitation.

At least 68 female Awami League (AL) leaders in Chattogram have been trying to get party nomination to be elected as members of parliament in reserved seats for women.

“Linemen” allegedly working for traffic police collect toll from buses and human hauliers plying the streets of Chattogram and drivers are slapped with fines if they refuse to pay the toll, claim transport workers.

With no headway in investigation in four years, colleagues of Anjali Devi -- a senior teacher of Chittagong Nursing College (CNC), who was hacked to death in broad daylight in the port city -- demand that administration hand over the case to Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) or Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

Port city residents are aggrieved over the decision of Chittagong Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (CWasa) to increase household water bills by five percent from February 1.

Negligence in duty by traffic police is to blame for haphazard movement of vehicles on streets and gridlocks at intersections in Chattogram city, according to commuters.

Authorities of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) were found disposing of election posters hanged by candidates of the 11th parliamentary polls in the port city, without separating polythene covers on them, which according to experts is posing threats to environment.