CESC becomes inter cantonment debate champions

Triumphing over 70 institutions across the country, Cantonment English School and College  of Chattogram (CESC) has become the champions (College category) of the “Inter Cantonment English Medium Schools & Colleges Parliamentary Debate Competition-2022”.
11 October 2022, 18:00 PM

A haven for criminals

Criminal activities in Jungle Salimpur and adjacent areas used to make headlines more often than not.
4 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Integrated planning the key

Environmentalists believe that the huge environmental destruction of Jungle Salimpur poses a great threat to the ecosystem as the landscape has seen tremendous changes over the years due to mindless hill cutting.
4 October 2022, 18:00 PM

‘Where else do we go?’

Ten years ago, Rahima Akhter and her husband migrated to Chattogram from Noakhali and bought a plot in Chhinnomul Bazar of Jungle Salimpur from the Mashiur gang. They paid Tk 30,000 for the land and built a semi-pucca house.
4 October 2022, 18:00 PM

400 acres of hills gone in 15 years

Standing just beside the Fouzdarhat-Bayezid Link Road, Sitakunda’s Bangla Bazar area will welcome any visitor with an abundance of hilly greenery. However, the scene inside the area is not quite as it seems at the first sight.
4 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Passing days in fear

Only two years after its reconstruction, the Ghoramora embankment in Sitakunda’s Sonaichhari Union collapsed. Now, over 25,000 people in five villages are passing their days amid fear.
27 September 2022, 18:00 PM

Cancer patients in crisis

The lone brachytherapy machine at Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) has been out of order for over three months, forcing cancer patients to suffer.
27 September 2022, 18:00 PM

An ode to a brave heart

In honour of the sacrifice of the first Bengali revolutionary nationalist and first Bengali woman who fought against the division of Bengal,Pritilata Waddedar, the government has named a 12km road from Chattogram’s Patiya upazila to Boalkhali upazila after her.
27 September 2022, 18:00 PM

‘We are gardeners’

“Durbar Tarunnya”, a social organisation, has launched a tree plantation campaign in Moghadiya Union under Mirsharai upazila of Chattogram recently to play their part in preserving the environment.
20 September 2022, 18:00 PM

An enlightening initiative

Whenever one thinks of a police station, they would imagine police vans sitting outside, ready to roll out. They would think of seized vehicles, piles of documents sitting on the desks and criminals behind bars.
20 September 2022, 18:00 PM

Hope for hills

After so many years, the Department of Environment (DoE) has finally taken an initiative to conduct a specialised survey with an aim to protect Chattogram’s hills.
20 September 2022, 18:00 PM

Dengue cases on rise in Ctg

The number of dengue patients is on the rise in Chattogram despite the city corporation regularly conducting anti-mosquito drives.
20 September 2022, 18:00 PM

Sufferings to linger for 2 more years

The deadline to complete the construction of the Chattogram elevated expressway has been extended for two more years. Meanwhile, the immense suffering of the port city residents in their daily commute is to continue.
20 September 2022, 18:00 PM

Plastic waste a prevailing threat to port city

A new study found that Chattogram city produces 3,000 tonnes of waste every day, of which, 249-tonne is plastic waste.
13 September 2022, 18:00 PM

Tk 2,675cr road turns into truck stand

Built at a cost of around Tk 2,675 crore, when the under-construction, 15.2-kilometre Chattogram City Outer Ring Road opened for vehicular movement in 2021, city dwellers and experts believed it would be a blessing for mitigating traffic congestion.
13 September 2022, 18:00 PM

For the love of books

When Arko Dutta, a fourth grader, was returning from school with his mother, he noticed a library near Dr Khastagir Government Girls’ High School in Chattogram’s Jamal Khan intersection.
13 September 2022, 18:00 PM

Railway’s earning increases by 55pc

After witnessing a massive shortfall in revenue because of the pandemic, Bangladesh Railway’s eastern zone has improved its position in the 2021-22 fiscal year.
13 September 2022, 18:00 PM

CDA plans to collect toll from Bayezid link road

Chattogram Development Authority (CDA) plans to bring Bayezid-Faujdarhat Link Road under toll system to raise funds for developing and maintaining the six-kilometre road.
6 September 2022, 18:00 PM

‘How will we survive?’

People from low- and middle-income groups in Chattogram have been facing difficult times to maintain their livelihood with the rising prices of daily essentials.
6 September 2022, 18:00 PM

Birth reg server hack: Noncooperation from Dhaka stalls probe in Chattogram

Investigation into the 18 dubious birth certificates, which were issued hacking the user IDs and passwords of three ward councillor offices under Chattogram City Corporation, has been halted as police did not get any help from the registrar general’s office, despite repeated letters in this regard.
6 September 2022, 18:00 PM