Security challenges still unaddressed

The rail service connecting Cox’s Bazar is facing some major security challenges regarding the newly-laid rail track on Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar route.
23 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Asif Ibrahim, now chairman of FBCCI standing committee on capital market

The FBCCI board nominated Ibrahim for the position for the 2023-2025 term
14 January 2024, 12:21 PM

Burners with no flame

Every morning, Shuvechchha Ghosh, a resident of Chattogram city’s Askar Dighir Par area, wakes up being worried for her three-year-old son.
2 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Ctg-based lighter vessel owners announce split from Water Transport Cell

They will operate separately under the Inland Vessel Owners Association of Chattogram
19 December 2023, 16:57 PM

Indo-Bangla meetings of shipping secretaries begin

The event is going on at Intercontinental Hotel in Dhaka
19 December 2023, 15:13 PM

A never-ending gridlock

The port city’s New Market area has been a traffic menace for decades, making the daily commute a constant struggle for residents.
12 December 2023, 18:00 PM

Of damaged dyke and barren land

About a decade ago, different shipbreaking companies leased a portion of the coast in Kumira union of Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila to set up yards, breaching a section of an earthen embankment.
12 December 2023, 18:00 PM

30 years on, work yet to begin for lack of water supply

The Karnaphuli Residential project, one of the oldest and major housing projects undertaken by the Chattogram Development Authority in south Chattogram, is still without any water supply, 30 years after its inception.
12 December 2023, 18:00 PM

A step towards easing traffic woes

Fouzderhat-Bayezid Link Road, after being inaugurated on November 14, has become an important bypass road in Chattogram.
12 December 2023, 18:00 PM

42 top Ctg taxpayers honoured

The port city’s income tax department handed over the best taxpayer awards
12 December 2023, 12:10 PM

Hills being razed for aviary

A hill is being cut using an excavator, while a portion of another one has already been levelled -- this was what this correspondent saw during a visit to Sheikh Russel Aviary and Eco Park in Chattogram’s Rangunia upazila.
28 November 2023, 18:00 PM

‘Smart’ school bus for students

To ensure safe commuting of students to and from their educational institutes, Chattogram District Administration has initiated smart school bus services.
28 November 2023, 18:00 PM

Residents worry over tilted buildings

Scenes of tilted buildings, residents being evacuated and owners facing financial losses, have become a regular occurrence in some areas of the port city.
28 November 2023, 18:00 PM

Patients suffer as CT scan service halted for a month

Many patients are being deprived of CT scan service at Chattogram Medical College Hospital for a month as the hospital’s lone CT scan machine has been out of order since October.
28 November 2023, 18:00 PM

Jatishangha Park getting new life

With the renovation works going on in full swing, Jatishangha Park located in Panchlaish Residential Area in the port city will be restored to its former glory soon.
21 November 2023, 18:00 PM

Gas crisis hits port city

Chattogram city residents have been hit hard by a severe gas crisis for around a month.
21 November 2023, 18:00 PM

Palli Bidyut at odds with forest department

The Rural Electrification Board (Palli Bidyut) and the forest department are at loggerheads over connecting power cables through a forest reserve in Chattogram’s Fatikchhari upazila.
21 November 2023, 18:00 PM

30 vessels wash ashore in Patenga

At least 30 lighter vessels ran aground in different areas on Patenga seashore during Cyclone Midhili last Friday. However, no casualties were reported in the incident.
21 November 2023, 18:00 PM

Ctg customs to auction 177 tonnes of milk powder, ginger, orange

An open auction will be held for The Tk 4.29 crore worth goods tomorrow
12 November 2023, 15:20 PM

Ctg Chamber, Australia-Bangladesh Business Forum team up for bilateral trade

The Chittagong chamber signed an MoU with Australia-Bangladesh Business Forum today.
14 October 2023, 14:57 PM