Sifayet Ullah

Chattogram Development Authority (CDA) has started working on a new master plan after 27 years, to build a planned port city.

Al Razi Chemical Complex, located at South Pahartholi (Ward 1) of Chattogram City Corporation, was found to be producing Hydrogen Peroxide nine times higher than the permissible limit by the Department of Environment.

Following the fire and explosions in BM Container Depot at Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila, chemical-mixed water has been spreading in the vicinity.

Patients with burn marks all over their bodies, screaming in pain, wrapped in bandages.

A canal has been occupied and filled, which led to about 400 families  facing severe waterlogging in Mogpukur area of Kumira union in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila.

The forest department has reforested a total of 400 acres of protected forestland -- which was grabbed by locals in Kodolpur area of Chattogram’s Raozan upazila -- bringing a positive change for the region’s biodiversity.

Temporary dams in the canals made by Chattogram Development Authority (CDA) as part of implementing a mega project to address waterlogging in the port city have worsened the waterlogging problem.

Halda is the only river in the country from where naturally laid carp eggs are collected for hatching. And yet, the river is being regularly polluted by industrial waste, posing a serious threat to its biodiversity.

Hundreds of fish egg collectors at Halda river, the only natural carp breeding ground in Bangladesh, are currently going through a huge crisis because of the limited allocation of wells.

Different parts of the under-construction embankment in Chattogram’s Banshkhali have collapsed. Locals allege that use of substandard materials and irregularities are to blame.

Which is more important, protecting the plants and wildlife of a sanctuary, or making a road in the middle of the forest, potentially risking the ecological balance?

Chattogram’s handmade footwear industry usually hits peak season during Ramadan, however, this year, the industry is set to undergo losses as the demand for local shoes has been decreasing.

Capital Petroleum Limited has been fined thrice and warned several times for illegally lifting sand from the sea and filling farmland in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila.

She used to work as a day labourer and continued in this profession for more than a year. But her calling was elsewhere, amidst nature. Following the call, she decided to join the forest department as a temporary guard.

Railway authorities have leased out 21.29 acres of land to a private company for building an Inland Container Depot (ICD) in port city’s Halishahar Chattogram Goods Port Yard (CGPY) area. However, the land was already home to an old graveyard and mosque, which the railway was well aware of before deciding to lease it out.

There’s little doubt about the nobility of the Ashrayan-2 housing project. Under the project, houses will be constructed and handed over to destitute families as the prime minister’s gift, allowing them to live in comfort.

The Rangamati native’s anxiety was growing as he could not understand what had happened to his beloved dog -- it was howling nonstop.

Sagarika Tripura, a resident of Alutila Rehabilitation Center area in Khagrachhari’s Matiranga upazila, starts her day at 5:00am. With no source of water near her home, the 45-year-old has to make a 3-km trek through hilly terrains every day.

A water treatment plant of Chattogram Water Supply & Sewerage Authority (CWasa) officially goes  into operation today, raising the total production to 500 million  litres per day.

Not so long ago, Sonaichhari canal, which is linked directly to the Bay of Bengal, used to be a vibrant 50-feet wide water body.