Chittagong

Why is Chattogram drowning?

End the blame game and address the port city's chronic waterlogging problem

Taxpayers’ money isn’t for squandering

Poor planning and wasteful execution of projects must be stopped

Alarming lack of greenery in a Chattogram park shows we’ve learned nothing

The University Press Limited heads to Chittagong

On Saturday, March 18, UPL will inaugurate its new sales centre in Chittagong at Jamal Khan Road’s Sanmar Spring Garden.

Institutionalised mismanagement in CPA

The port authorities must answer for the misallocation of funds

I am focusing on quality rather than quantity: Aparna Ghose on her absence from TV dramas

The actress received two National Film Awards for her performance in the films “Mrittika Maya” and “Gondi”. Her latest film, "Made in Chittagong", will be released today, in two of Chattogram's theatres.  In the film, Aparna will be sharing the screen with noted singer Partha Barua. Directed by Imraul Rafat, the movie has been made in the regional language of Chattogram.

OPINION / Ctg depot fire: How certain people’s actions are discouraging future frontliners

Firefighters are some of the many frontliners who sign up for their jobs knowing the risks.

Offshore Smart City: Can a parliamentary committee recommend a project to PM without due diligence?

Can a parliamentary standing committee recommend a project directly to the prime minister without any due diligence? The law explicitly does not permit it.

Direct shipping service from Ctg to Barcelona, Rotterdam soon

Another direct container shipping service between Chattogram and two European ports is going to be introduced next month.

July 9, 2018
July 9, 2018

Strike at Ctg pvt hospitals, clinics withdrawn

Private clinics, hospitals and diagnostic centres in Chittagong withdraw their indefinite strike after authorities assured them of meeting their demands.

June 29, 2018
June 29, 2018

3 held with 19,000 yaba tablets in Ctg

Law enforcers seize 19,000 contraband yaba tablets and detain three people for allegedly trying to smuggle the drugs to Dhaka from Chittagong city.

June 6, 2018
June 6, 2018

Battered, bruised

On the night of August 13 last year, a driver of a container trailer lost control of his vehicle in Port Access Road in Chittagong and it tipped over and fell on a cng-run three-wheeler.

February 18, 2018
February 18, 2018

Ctg ex-MP Yousuf dies

Former Member of Parliament from Chittagong’s Rangunia constituency Md Yousuf passes away aged 69.

February 4, 2018
February 4, 2018

Tigers face tough task

A second innings debacle once again haunted Bangladesh as the Tigers did exactly what Sri Lanka would have been hoping for by

January 15, 2018
January 15, 2018

A puzzling punishment

In a blatant violation of the law, a man has been punished by a mobile court when he was in police custody, and the High Court has summoned the executive magistrate and the police officials involved to explain why.

December 4, 2017
December 4, 2017

Ctg Jubo Dal man shot dead

A leader of pro-BNP youth organisation Jubo Dal was shot dead by unidentified persons in Chittagong city yesterday evening.

December 3, 2017
December 3, 2017

Indefinite transport strike begins in Ctg, passengers suffer

One of the transport owners’ associations in Chittagong enforces an indefinite strike in the port city to press home their 11-point demand, causing immense sufferings to commuters.

November 26, 2017
November 26, 2017

2 wild elephants electrocuted in Ctg

Two wild elephants are electrocuted as they encountered live electric wire in Lohagora upazila of Chittagong.

November 20, 2017
November 20, 2017

Small school, big hope

Charulata Bidyapith, a school initiated by six youths studying at different educational institutions in Chittagong, gives a ray of hope for underprivileged children to get an education.

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