Customs Intelligence seize 40 gold bars weighing 4.635 kilogrammes and also arrested two traffic helpers for possessing those at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong.

Twelve fortune seekers are rescued from a remote area in Banshkhali upazila of Chittagong early today while being trafficked to Malaysia.

A herd of 16 elephant tramples a woman on a hill of Satkania upazila in Chittagong.

Sahasra Nagorik Committee, a citizen platform, says that the just concluded Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation polls were held in a free, fair and credible manner.

Australia and Canada call upon the Election Commission and all responsible authorities to swiftly and impartially investigate the reports of irregularities and violence during the city corporation elections in Dhaka and Chittagong on April 28.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) terms the Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation elections questionable and embarrassing in national and international level.

All the three BNP-endorsed mayoral candidates for DNCC, DSCC and CCC boycott election alleging massive vote rigging by whom they identified as pro-ruling Awami League men.

A lighter vessel capsized with 850 tonnes of coal in the Bay of Bengal near the Sandwip channel in Chittagong.

The home ministry imposes a seven-day ban on carrying licensed firearms across Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation areas ahead of the city polls scheduled for April 28.

BNP criticises Election Commission’s strategy over army deployment for the upcoming city elections to Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations.

Train services of Sylhet with Dhaka and Chittagong resume after seven hours as at least 35 trees fell on railway tracks during a nor’wester in Moulvibazar.

The Election Commission has decided to deploy army from April 26 to April 29 in Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations to maintain law and order during the April 28 city polls.

British High Commissioner in Bangladesh Robert W Gibson notes with concern reports of violent incidents that occurred during the past two weeks of campaigning for city corporation elections in Dhaka and Chittagong.

Election Commission will not tolerate any electoral irregularity during Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation polls, the CEC says.

Awami League and Bangladesh Chhatra League activists allegedly carry out an attack on BNP activists in Chittagong during inauguration of BNP’s election offices.

Paramilitary force is deployed in Chittagong, Rajshahi and Dhaka city to ward off violence amid preparation of execution of war criminal Muhammad Kamaruzzaman.

The polls-symbol allocation for forthcoming city corporation elections has started off with candidates for Chittagong city getting theirs first.

CHITTAGONG city, our second most important city, was practically flooded again after only an hour and a half of downpour on Monday.

The prime minister is flouting electoral laws by sponsoring the candidates of Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation polls, BNP complains.

Usually what is seen during monsoon, most of the key points in Chittagong city goes down underwater in last night’s downpour.