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Illegal structures selling fruits, vegetables, fish, and consumer products on both sides of the rail track in the Jan Ali Hat rail gate area on the Chattogram-Dohazari section of Bangladesh Railway (BR) continue to pose a risk of train accidents.

Known as Gumai Beel, this field is one of the largest paddy fields in the country, and its golden aura brings a smile to the face of every farmer who has cultivated it.

The Sonali Bank authorityies have reportedly cut a hill in the port city’s Central Railway Building (CRB) area to build an ATM booth, without any approval from the Department of Environment.

After much criticism, authorities of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) have removed a billboard from the Rupali Guitar sculpture premises at Prabartak Mor in the port city

With Eid-ul-Fitr right around the corner, shopping at footpaths in Chatogram city is gaining momentum and small roadside vendors are passing a busy time now.

With Eid-ul-Fitr knocking at the door, people of the port city have been demanding for fresh currency to make the occasion more special. Taking the advantage of a reported crisis of fresh notes in the banks, sellers have raised the “price” compared to the previous year.

Rokeya Begum, a resident of Mokbul Ahmed Society in the port city’s Patenga area, has been paying bills to Chattogram Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (CWasa) for the last three years. However, she has not gotten any water since 2019.

Vermicelli, locally known as “shemai”, is a must-have item during Eid. But due to the soaring prices of ingredients essential to making vermicelli, especially flour, the price of this beloved desert has also gone up in the market.

Abul Kalam, a fisher from Khagrachhari’s Panchhari upazila, has been earning his livelihood by fishing in Changi river for the past 20 years. The 52-year-old’s entire childhood was spent on the river’s bank.

Products will be sold from 10am to 1pm from a makeshift shop

In May 1971,  Abani Mohan Dutta, a professor of the Department of Philosophy of the then Chittagong College, was picked up by the Pakistan army from the college quarter. His crime was that he was a progressive-minded teacher, who supported the Liberation War of Bangladesh, said his then student  Dr Shafiqul Alam.

Pekin duck farming is gaining popularity in different areas of Chattogram, especially in South Chattogram. Small farmers in Karnaphuli, Anwara, and Patiya upazilas are farming this species of duck since it is very much profitable for meat and egg within a short time.

Jahangir Hossain, a local resident of Alakdia village in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila, used to cultivate various types of crops on half an acre of land adjacent to the coastline. However, his land remains uncultivable for the last five years due to the saline water entering the land.

The company claims the GPH Quantum B600D-R steel rebar is the first of its kind in Bangladesh

The much-awaited project to buy tourist coaches taken up four years ago for under construction Dhaka-Cox’s Bazar rail route is still in limbo, as the project is stuck in a row over a feasibility study.

A vessel, some fishing nets and a voyage to the sea. Amid all the thrill and sense of adventure,

The authorities of Build-Aid Readymix Concrete Limited have ravaged several hills in Chattogram to build a factory, that too without getting permission from the environment ministry. Suffice to say, this may lead to serious environmental harm.

The fair posts sales and bookings worth Tk 108 crore, down from last year’s Tk 238 crore