Sifayet Ullah

Different parts of the under-construction embankment in Chattogram’s Banshkhali have collapsed. Locals allege that use of substandard materials and irregularities are to blame.

Which is more important, protecting the plants and wildlife of a sanctuary, or making a road in the middle of the forest, potentially risking the ecological balance?

Chattogram’s handmade footwear industry usually hits peak season during Ramadan, however, this year, the industry is set to undergo losses as the demand for local shoes has been decreasing.

Capital Petroleum Limited has been fined thrice and warned several times for illegally lifting sand from the sea and filling farmland in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila.

She used to work as a day labourer and continued in this profession for more than a year. But her calling was elsewhere, amidst nature. Following the call, she decided to join the forest department as a temporary guard.

Railway authorities have leased out 21.29 acres of land to a private company for building an Inland Container Depot (ICD) in port city’s Halishahar Chattogram Goods Port Yard (CGPY) area. However, the land was already home to an old graveyard and mosque, which the railway was well aware of before deciding to lease it out.

There’s little doubt about the nobility of the Ashrayan-2 housing project. Under the project, houses will be constructed and handed over to destitute families as the prime minister’s gift, allowing them to live in comfort.

The Rangamati native’s anxiety was growing as he could not understand what had happened to his beloved dog -- it was howling nonstop.

Sagarika Tripura, a resident of Alutila Rehabilitation Center area in Khagrachhari’s Matiranga upazila, starts her day at 5:00am. With no source of water near her home, the 45-year-old has to make a 3-km trek through hilly terrains every day.

A water treatment plant of Chattogram Water Supply & Sewerage Authority (CWasa) officially goes  into operation today, raising the total production to 500 million  litres per day.

Not so long ago, Sonaichhari canal, which is linked directly to the Bay of Bengal, used to be a vibrant 50-feet wide water body.

Sheikh Hasina Water Treatment Plant-2 (SHWTP-2) of Chittagong Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (CWASA) will go into operation formally on Wednesday (March 16, 2022), raising the total production of CWASA to 500 million litres per day.

The back-strap handloom, popularly known as “Bain” loom, is a centuries-old textiles craft of the indigenous people of Khagrachhari district.

When he was younger, Mohammad Hossain of Lohagara in Chattogram went to Saudi Arabia to change his fate. Despite working hard in a grocery shop for years, he ultimately failed to do this, and barely survived on a meagre income.

Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) is buying one kilo of dressed broiler chicken for Tk 320, when it’s being sold for around Tk 250 in the port city’s kitchen markets.

Thanks to the authorities’ conservation initiatives, the population of the endangered Bostami turtle has been increasing.

The Daborkhali Canal in Chattogram’s Ichakhali union is at the risk of dying after Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (Bepza) has filled up around a two-km stretch of the critical water body to set up an economic zone.

It’s about 10 feet tall in height. At first sight, it may look like a wooden pitcher, but it’s actually bamboo that came to Bangladesh’s soil from Vietnam. This particular species of bamboo is called “Ghoti”.

At least 22 families, who lost almost everything to a devastating fire in Sonaichhari Jelepara in Sitakunda upazila, have been living under the open sky for the last eleven days in the chilling winter cold.

To preserve these natural bounty, the government has chalked up a special plan for the beach, which falls under Sitakunda upazila, by declaring it a protected area.