Chittagong

836 more Ctg students get GPA-5 in SSC

Another 836 students obtain GPA-5 in this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations under the Chittagong Education Board.
18 May 2016

‘Mobile phone thief’ beaten dead in Ctg

Over suspicion of being a thief, a youth has been beaten dead in Chittagong.
18 May 2016

3 die as truck hits rickshaw in Comilla

Three people including a woman are killed as a truck rams a rickshaw in front of the upazila health complex in Chouddagram upazila of Comilla.
17 May 2016

2 killed as train hits bus in Ctg

Two women were killed and at least five people injured as a train hit a BRTC bus on a railway crossing and dragged it around 150 yards along the track in the city's Sholoshohor area yesterday morning.
16 May 2016

Biman suspends 3 others over faulty aircraft door

Three more Biman officials including a captain and a first officer are grounded in connection with the damage of a gate of Muscat-bound flight at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong.
16 May 2016

Ctg students demand re-evaluation of SSC test

A section of students and their guardians have alleged wrong evaluation in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations and demanded rechecking of mathematics test paper.
16 May 2016

CMP to prepare database of Ctg dwellers

The Chittagong Metropolitan Police yesterday announced that the area it covers would be divided into 135 beats to create a database of local people, criminals, establishments and the characteristics of crimes at specific spots.
15 May 2016

Now, stickers of professionals banned in Ctg

After Dhaka, police authority in Chittagong city imposes a ban on use of stickers, identifying various professionals, on cars.
15 May 2016

Chittagong’s hundred year old Jabbarer Boli khela

The wrestling festival called Jabbarer Boli Khela (Jabbar’s Wrestling Competition) stands as one of Chittagong’s major festival in Laldighi area. The one-day festival begins in the Bangla month of Baishakh—or around April 25. Scores of professional and amateur wrestlers from across the country participates in the competition.
15 May 2016

Lightning takes 17 more lives in 11 districts

At least 17 people were killed after being struck by lightning during the storm at different parts of the country, raising the death toll from such incidents to 49 in two days.
13 May 2016

Karnaphuli dredging project gets stuck

The capital dredging of the Karnaphuli river, a vital project for the smooth operation of Chittagong port, remains incomplete
11 May 2016

BCL leader jailed for two years

Nurul Azim Rony, general secretary of Chittagong city Chhatra League, was sent to jail yesterday, a day after he was held with an illegal firearm at a polling centre in Hathazari upazila.
8 May 2016

PM wants end to CHT land dispute

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said most of the works under the guidelines of the CHT peace accord, except land reform, had been completed.
8 May 2016

Transport workers’ strike in Ctg Monday

Bangladesh Road Transport Worker’s Federation announced to enforce a 24-hr strike for Monday in greater Chittagong to meet their six-point demand.
6 May 2016

Rejoinder, our reply

Fazlur Rahim, the presiding officer of 74 Panchpukuria Govt Primary School polling centre of Sundorpur union parishad in Fatikchhari upazila of Chittagong, has sent a rejoinder to a photo published in The Daily Star on April 24.
3 May 2016

Cargo stalemate at Chittagong port

The outer anchorage of Chittagong port is seeing long queues of ships as offloading of imported goods from these ships has been mostly suspended for the last 10 days due to non-operation of lighter vessels.
30 April 2016

Businesses hit hard

Two vessels carrying over 1,00,000 tonnes of wheat, yellow maize and yellow peas from Argentina and Canada arrived at the outer anchorage of the Chittagong Port in the middle of this month.
29 April 2016

Power situation in Bangladesh to improve by today

In a rare move, State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid has apologised to the nation for the disruption in power
28 April 2016

Three ‘robbers’ beaten to death in Ctg

Three suspected robbers were beaten to death by locals at Uttar Kattali in Chittagong city early yesterday.
27 April 2016

3 ‘robbers’ beaten dead in Ctg

Three alleged robbers were beaten to death by a mob in Chittagong city.
27 April 2016