Locomotive shortage: Only one pair of Eid special trains to run from Ctg
6 hour(s) ago
A severe shortage of locomotives has forced Bangladesh Railway (BR) to keep Eid special train services from Chattogram to a minimum for the second consecutive year, causing suffering to home-goers.
6 hour(s) ago
Hathazari in Chattogram / Historic WWII airbase lies in ruins
13 March 2026, 00:00 AM
The Hathazari Airfield, a World War II–era airbase in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila and a site of historic importance, has been lying in a state of decay due to decades of neglect.
13 March 2026, 00:00 AM
Fuel shortage halts Sandwip-Ctg speedboat services
9 March 2026, 20:13 PM
Thousands stranded as island’s key transport link shuts down amid octane crisis
9 March 2026, 20:13 PM
Iftar by the bay
8 March 2026, 20:43 PM
Potluck parties and shared meals at Patenga beach, Karnaphuli riverbanks becoming a Ramadan trend in Chattogram
8 March 2026, 20:43 PM
Eid shopping rush triggers severe traffic gridlock around Chattogram markets
6 March 2026, 21:20 PM
Inadequate parking, narrow roads and roadside passenger drop-offs clog key intersections
6 March 2026, 21:20 PM
Water crisis deepens in Ctg as salinity spikes
24 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Hundreds of residents in Chattogram are struggling to get enough water as saltwater intrusion in the Halda River and reduced releases from Kaptai Lake have sharply curtailed freshwater production of the Chattogram Water and Sewerage Authority.
24 February 2026, 00:00 AM
February 12 Election / Asma’s quiet presence on Ctg’s busy roads
30 January 2026, 00:00 AM
At around 11:30am yesterday, a group of five stepped down from a CNG auto-rickshaw at the Badurtala Boro Garage intersection in Chattogram. Two men and three women stood briefly by the roadside. One young man carried a hand microphone and a poster, while the others held leaflets.
30 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Chattogram-8 (Boalkhali–Chandgaon): Jamaat, NCP tug-of-war leaves voters puzzled
30 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Voters in Chattogram-8 (Boalkhali–Chandgaon) are growing increasingly confused as tensions between Jamaat-e-Islami and its alliance partner National Citizen Party (NCP) intensify, disrupting coordinated campaigning and creating uncertainty at the grassroots ahead of the polls.
30 January 2026, 00:00 AM
From homes to hopes, everything washed away
His house collapsed in a flash in the floodwater. Mohammed Shahjahan, a 55-year-old, lost everything in his residence and took shelter in a relative’s house.
30 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Flood raises spectre of diseases
A week into the ongoing flood situation in the country, outbreaks of waterborne disease are being reported from affected districts.
29 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Floods upend lives of thousands
The extent of devastation from the floods is becoming visible as the waters are receding.
28 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Inaugurated but inaccessible
The first elevated expressway in Chattogram city has yet to open to traffic, even though over eight months have passed since its inauguration in November last year.
16 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Freight train suspension deepens Ctg port’s container congestion
The suspension began on August 3
11 August 2024, 14:13 PM
Innocent people get caught up in violence
Mohammed Ashik, 23, who works at a mobile repairing shop in Chattogram city’s Reazuddin Bazar, was going to his workplace around 11:20am when he found himself in the line of fire as activists of Jubo League and Chhatra League were shooting at protesters yesterday.
4 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Why did they shoot my boy?
“If my son had committed any crime, they (police) could have arrested him, but why did they shoot my boy?” said Khorsheda Begum while sitting beside her son Ziaul Hoque, 20, on his bed at the orthopedic ward of Chattogram Medical College Hospital yesterday.
30 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Injured, they now stare at bleak future
Mohammed Rubel, a mason by profession, is the sole earning member of his family.
25 July 2024, 18:00 PM
New housing project, same old fate?
Chattogram Development Authority has taken up yet another housing project, despite struggling to complete its previous three such projects.
15 July 2024, 18:00 PM
When protector turns polluter
The Sundari canal in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila is facing a severe environmental crisis due to indiscriminate dumping of garbage by the municipality.
14 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Deadline keeps on extending
The project to construct Kalurghat-Chaktai road on the bank of Karnaphuli river in Chattogram began in July 2017 with a deadline to be completed by June 2020.
10 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Renovation delay prolongs suffering
Abdul Malek, 52, was waiting at the ghat beside Kalurghat Bridge in Chattogram to board a ferry on his way back from the port city to Boalkhali upazila after visiting his doctor on Thursday.
8 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Shrimp fry collection goes on despite ban
Despite a ban in place on collecting shrimp fries, the illegal activity has been going on unabated in Sangu and Karnaphuli rivers as well as the Bay of Bengal in Chattogram in broad daylight.
7 July 2024, 18:00 PM
New roads put agriculture at stake
Mohammed Sohel, 37, of Golichipa Para in the North Halishahar area of Chattogram city, is planning to work as a transport worker as the four-acre land he used to cultivate as a sharecropper has been turned into a truck terminal and cold storage depot.
1 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Mithachhara on deathbed
The Bangladesh Water Development Board excavated a six-kilometre stretch of Mithachhara canal in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila in 2019 at a cost of Tk 49.96 lakh.
28 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Digitalisation push to cost CWasa Tk 200cr
The Chattogram Water Supply and Sewerage authority purchased and installed 90,000 water meters at a cost of around Tk 27 crore between 2018 and 2022 to collect bills from consumers properly.
24 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Saline creeps into cropland as sluice gates lie unrepaired
At least 50 farmers in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila are struggling to protect their crops as saline water from the Bay of Bengal constantly inundated their 150 acres of cropland due to four sluice gates being non-functional for eight years.
21 June 2024, 18:00 PM
New walkway to open before Eid
The newly constructed walkway of Kalurghat Bridge in Chattogram is set to open to the public before Eid-ul-Azha.
12 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Drain of death
Life throws its fair share of curveballs. Apart from death, there is not much one can consider as inevitable in this world.
9 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Ctg to get first arch bridge
Chattogram is going to get its first arch bridge, as construction has began on a branch canal of the Karnaphuli river under Patiya upazila in the district.
23 May 2024, 18:00 PM