Chittagong

4 murdered in 3 dists

Four people were hacked and shot to death and another was severely injured in separate incidents in Chittagong, Kushtia and Brahmanbaria yesterday.
25 April 2016

2 shot dead in Ctg

Two youths were shot dead during an attack by rivals in Rangunia upazila of Chittagong.
25 April 2016

Chittagong woman, daughter found dead

A woman and her five-year-old daughter were found dead at their house in Boalkhali upazila of Chittagong yesterday.
19 April 2016

2 killed in 'shootout' in Ctg

Two alleged robbers were killed in a "gunfight" with Rapid Action Battalion in Mirsarai upazila of Chittagong early yesterday.
18 April 2016

2 suspects of Ctg jewellery shop robbery killed in ‘gunfight’

Two alleged robbers, who were involved in a jewellery shop robbery in February, are killed in a "gunfight" with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Mirsarai upazila of Chittagong.
18 April 2016

Worker dies at Chittagong shipbreaking yard

A worker died and another fell ill inhaling toxic gas while cleaning oil from a scrap ship at a shipbreaking yard in Sitakunda on Friday afternoon.
17 April 2016

Coal-fired power plant must not harm environment, Banshkhali locals say

People of Gondamara in Banshkhali will support installation of a coal-based power plant there only if the plant does not harm the environment, said speakers at a view exchange meeting yesterday.
17 April 2016

Cement clinker-laden lighter vessel capsizes in Bay

A lighter vessel carrying around 1,400 tonnes of cement clinkers capsizes in the Bay of Bengal after it was hit by another lighter vessel.
17 April 2016

Chittagong admin tries to dispel fear

S Alam Group will have to ensure alternative livelihoods for the villagers in Gondamara of Banshkhali upazila if it is to set up a coal-based power plant there, speakers say at a views-exchange meeting.
16 April 2016

3 tilted Ctg buildings ‘dangerous’

Chittagong Development Authority identifies three of nine buildings, which tilted during yesterday’s earthquake, as “dangerous”.
14 April 2016

Earthquake: 50 hurt, 4 buildings tilt in Ctg

50 people are injured while rushing out of RMG factories in EPZ and Oxygen areas and four buildings tilted in Chittagong after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar.
13 April 2016

Govt tries to dispel Banshkhali fear

The government has extended its full support for the coal-fired power plant to be set up in Banshkhali of Chittagong amid growing protests over the project and last week's clashes that left at least four people killed and scores more injured.
10 April 2016

3 injured in Ctg car cylinder blast

Three persons are injured as a gas-cylinder of a car blasted at a CNG filling station in Chittagong’s Khulshi area.
10 April 2016

2 crushed under train in Banani

Two persons are crushed under the wheels of a train in Banani of Dhaka. The deceased – 45 and 50 years – died on the spot when they were crushed near Senamalacha in Banani by a Chittagong bound train from Kamalapur around 8:15am, police said.
9 April 2016

Protest continues against power plant in Ctg

National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power, and Ports holds a human chain at Banshkhali upazila of Chittagong protesting the killing of the four people who were shot while protesting the installation of a coal-based power plant there.
8 April 2016

Cuet closed signed die amid protest

The authorities of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (Cuet) close the university for indefinite period amid students’ protest.
7 April 2016

ASK demands judicial probe into Banshkhali killing

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) today demands there be a judicial investigation into yesterday’s incident of killing four persons in a clash between law enforcers and locals in Banshkhali upazila of Chittagong.
5 April 2016

Hartal called in Banshkhali tomorrow

Banshkhali Chhatra Oikya Forum calls a dawn-to-dusk hartal in the upazila of Chittagong for Wednesday protesting Monday's incident that left four people killed in “police firing”.
5 April 2016

4 killed in clash over setting up power plant

At least four persons were killed and 30 others injured yesterday in a clash between law enforcers and locals in Banshkhali upazila of Chittagong over installation of a coal-based power plant, said police.
4 April 2016

3 killed in Ctg cops firing

At least three persons are killed, 11 policemen among 30 injured as cops open fire after being attacked by locals protesting power plant project at Banshkhali in Chittagong, SP says
4 April 2016