May 4, 2021
Massive Land Acquisition Forgery: Tk 29cr goes to 15 fake owners
Nizam Uddin, a 55-year-old Cox’s Bazar resident, was attending a relative’s wedding at a hotel in the tourist town on December 23, 2019 when he received a phone call informing him that a powerful...
April 28, 2021
Measures to protect Halda paying off
Ahead of every spawning season, miscreants lay snares along the Halda river, the lone natural breeding ground of carp in South Asia. They net brood fish, while other aquatic creatures like dolphins...
April 24, 2021
Banshkhali Police Firing: Treatment cost weighs heavily on the injured
Workers who were shot during police firing at the SS Power I Plant in Chattogram’s Banshkhali have had their bullets removed surgically, but that has not signified an end to their struggles.
April 23, 2021
Possible Unrest Before Eid: Cops to make list of factories
Intelligence and regulatory bodies fear a possible labour unrest ahead of Eid caused by the uncertainty over payment of salaries and festival bonuses of workers of some factories affected by the...
April 19, 2021
Police Firing at Protesters: Quest for better conditions met with bullets
Workers of SS Power I Plant in Chattogram said long-simmering discontent over hygienic and accommodation conditions, lack of pay hikes and payment of arrears led to Saturday’s protests which left...
April 18, 2021
Banshkhali Power Plant Site: 5 workers killed as cops open fire
Five workers of an under-construction coal-fired power plant were killed and at least 21 others injured during a clash with police in Banshkhali upazila of Chattogram yesterday morning.
April 17, 2021
Landlord drives family out of home over rent
A landlord in port city’s Lalkhan Bazar has allegedly drove a family out from their home on Thursday night for failing to pay rent, forcing them to pass the night on the street. The incident took...
April 12, 2021
3 shipbreaking workers injured in blast
At least three workers sustained burn injuries in an explosion while working at a shipbreaking yard in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram yesterday.
April 11, 2021
Second whale carcass washes ashore
A second whale carcass washed ashore at Himchhari beach of Cox’s Bazar yesterday.
April 6, 2021
Fresh move made to stop toxic ships
Two ministries which regulate the shipbreaking industry decided earlier this year to make an Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM) mandatory for shipbreakers, in phases, to stop toxic vessels...