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Kalurghat Bridge reopens: Sufferings over... finally!

The authorities opened the Kalurghat Bridge on Karnaphuli river in Chattogram to traffic today upon completion of repair works for 15 months

4d ago

Halda fishers struggle for survival

A loan programme intended to offer alternative livelihoods to fishermen affected by the fishing ban in the Halda river has failed to meet its objectives, resulting in a waste of public funds.

5d ago

Forestland given away for illegal sand lifting

In a move that violates laws, the Chattogram district administration has given permission to a foreign contractor to lift sand from a portion of the Ramgarh-Sitakunda reserve forest in Chattogram’s Jiltali area for a road widening project.

1w ago

Chattogram Waterfalls: Scenic wonders or death traps?

Mahbub Hasan, a bank official, went to visit Khoiyachhara Waterfall in Chattogram on September 27 this year.

2w ago

Goat rearing makes Selina solvent

Selina Akter, 35, and her husband Khorshed Alam, 45, from Sreemangal upazila in Moulvibazar, moved to Chattogram’s Bayezid Bostami area in 2008 and opened a roadside tea stall.

4w ago

Huge loss, little compensation

Md Harun, a 55-year-old farmer, was seen replanting paddy seedlings in his field at Paindong union in Chattogram’s Fatikchhari upazila. His 4 acres of paddy crops were damaged due to flood recently.

1m ago

Lack of ferry service plagues locals

Parvez Anowar, a businessperson, was seen washing mud from his legs at Kumira Ghat in Chattogram. He just reached there after having to tread through muddy water at Guptachhara Ghat in Sandwip upazila to get on a boat.

1m ago

Six years on, wage board yet to be implemented

Mokbul Hossain, 48, a cutter in the shipbreaking industry, lives in a two-room rented house with his family of six in Kadamrasul, Sitakunda, Chattogram.

1m ago
October 27, 2024
October 27, 2024

Kalurghat Bridge reopens: Sufferings over... finally!

The authorities opened the Kalurghat Bridge on Karnaphuli river in Chattogram to traffic today upon completion of repair works for 15 months

October 27, 2024
October 27, 2024

Halda fishers struggle for survival

A loan programme intended to offer alternative livelihoods to fishermen affected by the fishing ban in the Halda river has failed to meet its objectives, resulting in a waste of public funds.

October 21, 2024
October 21, 2024

Forestland given away for illegal sand lifting

In a move that violates laws, the Chattogram district administration has given permission to a foreign contractor to lift sand from a portion of the Ramgarh-Sitakunda reserve forest in Chattogram’s Jiltali area for a road widening project.

October 13, 2024
October 13, 2024

Chattogram Waterfalls: Scenic wonders or death traps?

Mahbub Hasan, a bank official, went to visit Khoiyachhara Waterfall in Chattogram on September 27 this year.

October 4, 2024
October 4, 2024

Goat rearing makes Selina solvent

Selina Akter, 35, and her husband Khorshed Alam, 45, from Sreemangal upazila in Moulvibazar, moved to Chattogram’s Bayezid Bostami area in 2008 and opened a roadside tea stall.

September 21, 2024
September 21, 2024

Huge loss, little compensation

Md Harun, a 55-year-old farmer, was seen replanting paddy seedlings in his field at Paindong union in Chattogram’s Fatikchhari upazila. His 4 acres of paddy crops were damaged due to flood recently.

September 19, 2024
September 19, 2024

Lack of ferry service plagues locals

Parvez Anowar, a businessperson, was seen washing mud from his legs at Kumira Ghat in Chattogram. He just reached there after having to tread through muddy water at Guptachhara Ghat in Sandwip upazila to get on a boat.

September 18, 2024
September 18, 2024

Six years on, wage board yet to be implemented

Mokbul Hossain, 48, a cutter in the shipbreaking industry, lives in a two-room rented house with his family of six in Kadamrasul, Sitakunda, Chattogram.

September 9, 2024
September 9, 2024

Patenga beach falls victim to encroachment

The Patenga beach in the port city is at risk of losing its natural beauty as illegal structures keep sprouting along the seaside in the absence of effective measures from the authorities concerned.

September 9, 2024
September 9, 2024

Workplace safety still a far cry

Cutter-man Sahab Uddin died after falling from a scrap ship at a shipbreaking yard in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila on May 29 last year.