Commercial grass cultivation becoming popular in Ctg
While working as a day labourer around six years ago, Abul Kashem struggled to make ends meet for his five-member family with his limited income.
1d ago
Seized sand sale in Cox’s bazar: Forest department locks horns with Pekua UNO
Despite repeated notices from the Forest Department, the upazila administration of Pekua upazila in Cox’s Bazar is reportedly going ahead with its plan to sell seized sand, which was illegally extracted from a reserve forest.
2w ago
Eid rush breathes life into fading industry
While imported shoes have flooded the shoe market in the country and are in high demand, local handmade shoes have still clung to their place in the market.
3w ago
Century-old raintrees to be felled for a ramp
Defying its own policy, Chattogram Development Authority (CDA) has decided to fell 46 trees, including two century-old rain trees, from the CRB area in the port city to construct a ramp of the Chattogram Elevated Expressway.
3w ago
Preparing trains for Eid rush
To get trains ready for commuting during the holiday season, workers at Pahartali Carriage and Waggon Repair Workshop in Chattogram are having a busy time ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.
4w ago
Landslide Prevention: CCC’s ‘grass project’ fails to bear fruit
The Chattogram City Corporation in 2018 initiated a pilot project to tackle landslides at a cost of Tk 20 lakh by planting Vetiver Grass, locally known as Binna Grass, in two hills
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Inaugurated three months ago, yet to open to public
Agitation is mounting among the port city’s commuters as Chattogram Elevated Expressway has yet to open to traffic since its inauguration last year.
1m ago
Saltwater intrusion: Crisis of drinking water grips Ctg on 1st Ramadan
Saltwater is invading the Halda River in Chattogram, which is forcing Chattogram Water and Sewerage Authority (CWasa) to keep two treatment plants closed for a certain period everyday. This environmental issue has caused a drinking water shortage, and residents in the southern part of the city are being provided with pure drinking water through rationing.
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October 12, 2023
Reserve forest being razed for housing
A section of Tulatoli Reserve Forest under Chunati range of Chattogram South Forest Division is being razed illegally to construct structures including houses.
October 7, 2023
CRB in grabbers’ clutches again
Encroachers have reoccupied most of the railway land at CRB’s Tulatoli area in Chattogram city and built structures illegally, turning the scenic hilly area into a slum.
October 6, 2023
Fatikchhari Upazila in Ctg: Forest land grabbed for cattle farm
A portion of protected forest land in Sarta area under Chattogram (north) forest division in Fatikchhari upazila has been occupied illegally.
September 27, 2023
Building at the cost of a pond
A pond in Chattogram city’s Mohora area is counting its breaths as builders continue to fill it up for the construction of a five-storey building.
September 27, 2023
Grabbers feast on railway hills
Over 3,000 illegal structures have been constructed on nine hills owned by Bangladesh Railway in various parts of the port city, violating the law and endangering the hills.
September 6, 2023
Shipbreaking goes on without environmental clearance
Defying law, shipbreakers in Chattogram are breaking scrap vessels without obtaining clearance from the Department of Environment (DoE), putting the environment at risk.
August 11, 2023
A dream ended too soon
Youth's ambitious pursuits end with tragic demise
August 9, 2023
‘Waterlogging killed my granddaughter’
Nipa’s life was never easy. At the age of eight, she was abandoned by both her parents, who went into hiding to avoid having to repay their increasing debts, leaving her and her baby sisters behind.
August 9, 2023
No respite for Karnaphuli, Halda
Chattogram city dwellers will have to bear the nuisance of sewage pollution in the Karnaphuli and Halda rivers even longer, as the completion deadline for the Sewerage Treatment Plant-1 project has been extended.
August 7, 2023
Waterlogging in Chattogram worsening by the day
Unloading of goods from larger vessels at the outer anchorage of Chattogram Port remains suspended due to rough seas since Friday, while trade at the Khatunganj-Chaktai wholesale hub has dropped significantly.
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