63 foreigners held over online scams in Ctg
9 HOUR(s)
At least 63 foreign nationals were detained during a raid on an eight-storey building in Chattogram’s Khulshi on Thursday night over alleged involvement in online scams and gambling.
9 HOUR(s)
No passports found on foreigners arrested in Chattogram last night over alleged online scams
11 September 2026
Arrestees include 34 from Laos, 21 from Pakistan and 5 from China; police suspect links to online marketing fraud, advance-payment scams and honey traps
11 September 2026
2 CMP officers accused of extorting cash, cryptocurrency from Chattogram businessman
9 September 2026
Businessman and friend say they were detained for hours and threatened with a gambling case
9 September 2026
CMP grapples with manpower crisis
24 August 2026
The Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) has been grappling with a prolonged manpower shortage and inadequate logistical support, putting increasing pressure on law enforcement activities in the port city.
24 August 2026
‘Another 20 seconds and I’d have died’
15 August 2026
“The gas was so strong that it would have killed me if I remained another 20 seconds inside the ship,” said Mohammad Selim, a worker at Ferdous Steel Ship Recycling Industries in Chattogram’s Sitakunda, where nine workers died after being exposed to toxic gas yesterday morning.
15 August 2026
'Another 20 seconds and I would have died'
14 August 2026
Selim recounts horror as toxic gas kills nine at Sitakunda shipbreaking yard
14 August 2026
Gunmen fire at Chattogram house a day after Tk 50 lakh extortion threat
11 August 2026
Caller threatened the homeowner’s family and allegedly mentioned fugitive criminal Boro Sazzad
11 August 2026
Chattogram in the clutch of extortionists
30 July 2026
A criminal network allegedly run by a fugitive top criminal has tightened its grip on Chattogram city and several neighbouring upazilas, with businesses facing escalating extortion demands and armed attacks if they refuse to pay, police and locals say.
30 July 2026
Wonderful one-minute bazaar
Imagine entering a market in your locality that has essentials like rice, potatoes, vegetables, facemasks, and soaps maintaining social distance, and that too for free!
16 May 2020
Drug peddlers active in Ctg amid shutdown
While the entire country works to contain the spread of coronavirus, drug peddlers are finding ways to dodge law enforcers to continue their business in the port city, even during the lockdown.
4 May 2020
Three ‘Neo-JMB men’ held
Militants who allegedly carried out a bomb blast at a traffic police box of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) in February learned bomb-making online, said Counter Terrorism unit of CMP yesterday.
4 May 2020
Ctg transport workers bear brunt of outbreak
Thousands of transport workers in the port city are facing financial troubles due to the ongoing government declared shutdown to contain the spread of novel coronavirus.
8 April 2020
Ctg jail inmates make 4,000 masks
A group of prisoners in Chattogram Central Jail have made 4000 face masks in last eight days, to be used as a precautionary measure against a possible coronavirus outbreak inside the jail.
31 March 2020
Inmates at Chattogram Central Jail make 4,000 masks
Ten prisoners at Chattogram Central Jail have made 4,000 facemasks in the last eight days in an attempt to better protect themselves from the coronavirus.
31 March 2020
Ctg admin in aid of the destitute
The Chattogram district administration and metropolitan police distributed relief materials to 480 poor and low-income families yesterday.
29 March 2020
ICU facilities a major concern
Ensuring Intensive Care Unit (ICU) facilities for patients remains a major challenge to tackle coronavirus in Chattogram, according to the authorities concerned.
25 March 2020
No candidate sitting idle
Although somewhat overshadowed by the candidates of Awami League and BNP, five other mayoral aspirants in Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) polls have been conducting their election campaigns in the port city at full strength.
16 March 2020
Cuet students begin vacating dormitories
Fearing the spread of coronavirus, students of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (Cuet) are leaving campus and dormitories, despite assurance from authorities of “taking preparations” against it.
15 March 2020
An eco-friendly campaign
Come election time, one thing remains common among all candidates -- using posters for publicity.
11 March 2020
An environment-friendly election campaign
Shunning the poster culture in elections, an AL-backed ward councillor candidate in the Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) election has titled his campaign “Healthy Ward” and is going for a poster-free campaign.
11 March 2020
Allegations of Bribery, Promotion: ‘Business’, Negligence
Kazi Shafiqul Islam worked as a reserve officer (RO)-01 at Chattogram District Police Lines for seven years. His tenure was marked by allegations of bribery, promotion business, gross negligence in duties and misbehaviour with his colleagues.
10 March 2020
‘Rebel’ councillors won’t back down
None of the 12 incumbent ward councilors of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) who were deprived of Awami League (AL) nomination withdrew candidacy, although central leaders warned all rebel candidates to do so throughout the day.
8 March 2020
Women taking the wheel in port city
Breaking away from conservative societal norms, more and more women are taking control of their vehicles on the roads in Chattogram, both in the city and across the district.
7 March 2020
20 injured as CU BCL factions clash
At least 20 people were injured when two groups of Chittagong University’s Bangladesh Chhatra League unit clashed over establishing supremacy at AF Rahman Hall early yesterday.
5 March 2020
‘New Neo JMB cell behind remote bomb’
The Improvised Explosives Device that went off at a traffic police box in Chattogram’s Sholoshahar on Friday was detonated by remote control.
2 March 2020
Cops rule out IS claim
The unidentified perpetrators who carried out the attack at a traffic police box in Chattogram’s Sholoshahar gate-2 on Friday had reconned the area multiple times before, said investigators.
1 March 2020
Similar to attacks on Dhaka cops
The blast inside a traffic police box which injured three persons including two cops in Chattogram’s Sholoshahar Gate-2 area on Friday night resembles multiple attacks that happened in Dhaka last year.
29 February 2020
Rohingyas getting foreign help in passport forgery
A foreign organisation of Rohingyas is assisting some Myanmar nationals -- who took shelter in Bangladesh following the military crackdown in Rakhine State -- in passport forgery, according to Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) in Chattogram.
12 February 2020