63 foreigners held over online scams in Ctg
12 September 2026
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.
12 September 2026
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
2 projectiles found in that Biman plane
Investigators have seized two projectiles from the Boeing 737-800 Biman aircraft, which Polash Ahmed reportedly tried to hijack on February 24 at Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport.
3 March 2019
Fire kills nine in slum
At least nine people, including four of a family, are burnt to death and several others injured as a fire broke out at a slum in Chattogram city. All the victims were sleeping when the fire ripped through the slum.
17 February 2019
Of unspoken horrors
During her five days at the hospital, the little girl could not utter a single word, but the bruises on her body and tears rolling down her cheeks bore testament of the unspeakable horror she had gone through.
28 January 2019
Chattogram Jail: Mystery over identity of dead foreign prisoner
Conundrum over the identity of a foreign prisoner, who died of AIDS on January 18 while undergoing treatment at Chattogram Medical College Hospital, remains as the authorities of Chattogram Central Jail are yet to confirm his identity.
27 January 2019
Free textbooks on sale!
Free textbooks for primary and high school students, provided by National Curriculum and Text Book (NCTB) authority, are being sold in port city markets.
21 January 2019
As cruel as it gets
A domestic help was allegedly raped by her employer for about two years at his flat in a two-storey building in the city's Halishahar area.
18 January 2019
Pvt universities main target
Hizb ut-Tahrir is campaigning secretly in Chattogram city, targeting private university students to recruit fresh operatives, said officials of Counter Terrorism (CT) unit of Chattogram Metropolitan Police.
15 January 2019
AL riven by division at Sitakunda, BNP no-show at Mirsarai
Some ruling party leaders and activists in Chattogram-4 (Sitakunda) constituency are allegedly not campaigning wholeheartedly due to internal feud between incumbent lawmaker Didarul Alam and upazila Chairman SM Al Mamun.
22 December 2018
CMP gets full-fledged counter terrorism unit
With an aim to expedite the fight against militancy and terror-related activities, Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) has established a fully-fledged Counter Terrorism (CT) unit, which is set to be inaugurated today.
26 November 2018
A career in crime worthy of cinema
Within the month of October, three branches of City Bank in Chattogram saw failed heist attempts. There were marks of attempted forced entry at the vaults of the banks, but no sign of the perpetrator, raising alarm among law enforcers and causing panic among bank authorities.
12 November 2018
Police officer being probed over rape in Chattogram
A sub-inspector of Bayezid Police Station allegedly raped a housewife threatening to implicate her husband in a yaba case.
9 November 2018
Investigators clueless for eight months
Nine-year-old Nudrat Akter was playing in front of their house in the afternoon of February 3. When afternoon rolled into evening, she was still not home. After hours of searching, the family filed a general diary (GD) with police.
15 October 2018
2 killed in terror den
A faction of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh had plotted to carry out subversive activities at the court building of Chattogram, Rab claimed after busting a “militant den” in the district's Mirsarai yesterday.
5 October 2018
'Cops involved in yaba trade tarnish our image'
Despite warning and punitive actions, a section of unscrupulous police personnel have been involved in yaba peddling, raising concerns among the high-ups of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP).
15 September 2018
'Mother got me involved in yaba business'
A mother had allegedly turned her son into a yaba peddler so that he could join the “family trade” along with her and her sister.
29 August 2018
Virtual troublemakers under the scanner
Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) has formed a cyber crime monitoring cell with an aim to identify virtual troublemakers who spread rumours through instigative posts and videos on different social media platforms to create anarchy, and bring them to book.
27 August 2018
'Molom party' on the prowl ahead of Eid
As Eid-ul-Azha is knocking on the door, operatives of “molom party” (gang of muggers who put ointment or other substances on victims' eyes causing temporary loss of vision) are becoming active across Chittagong city and surrounding areas, according to police.
16 August 2018
Port city faces gas crunch
Since Friday, many port city residents have been suffering from an acute gas shortage as Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Limited (KGDL) has started its pipeline maintenance work.
28 July 2018
Traffic cops withdrawn for assaulting bank official
A sergeant and a constable of Gazipur traffic police were withdrawn yesterday, after they beat up a bank official in Tongi upazila in the district.
22 July 2018
DNA test points to roommate
There was no witness to the grisly murder of Ateef Sheikh, an Indian medical student who was found murdered at his apartment on July 15 last year in Chittagong city's Akbar Shah area.
22 July 2018