Chattogram
UAE’s AD Ports Group to invest $1 billion to develop Ctg port
The Chittagong Port Authority signs MoU with the Abu Dhabi-based company
DRIVERS’ WORK ABSTENTION / 700 TEUs of containers miss shipment at Ctg port
However, workers resumed operations today early morning
Kazir Dewri Stadiumpara / From quiet neighbourhood to bustling food hub
About a decade ago, very few people were seen roaming around Kazir Dewri’s Stadiumpara in Chattogram city.
Open waste-bins in port city / A nuisance that makes no sense
Classmates Trisha Biswas and Salma Akter, both ninth graders, always return from school together to their homes in Katalganj Residential Area of Chattogram city.
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.
Deaths in unprotected Ctg drains: Who is next?
In 2021, it was 10-year-old Kamal Uddin, 19-year-old Sheherin Mahmud Sadia, and 55-year-old vegetable vendor Saleh Ahmed.
Education in mother tongue / An empty promise; of books without teachers
The Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accords of 1997 promised primary education in the mother tongue for indigenous children. In response, the Bangladeshi government implemented a national education policy in 2010. This policy initially brought hope to parents of indigenous communities, as textbooks for five indigenous communities -- Chakma, Marma, Tripura, Garo, and Sadri -- were designed and distributed across schools in 2017 as part of the project.
CTG ELEVATED EXPRESSWAY / 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.
Asif Ibrahim, now chairman of FBCCI standing committee on capital market
The FBCCI board nominated Ibrahim for the position for the 2023-2025 term
Burners with no flame
Every morning, Shuvechchha Ghosh, a resident of Chattogram city’s Askar Dighir Par area, wakes up being worried for her three-year-old son.
Ctg-based lighter vessel owners announce split from Water Transport Cell
They will operate separately under the Inland Vessel Owners Association of Chattogram
Indo-Bangla meetings of shipping secretaries begin
The event is going on at Intercontinental Hotel in Dhaka
A never-ending gridlock
The port city’s New Market area has been a traffic menace for decades, making the daily commute a constant struggle for residents.
Of damaged dyke and barren land
About a decade ago, different shipbreaking companies leased a portion of the coast in Kumira union of Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila to set up yards, breaching a section of an earthen embankment.
30 years on, work yet to begin for lack of water supply
The Karnaphuli Residential project, one of the oldest and major housing projects undertaken by the Chattogram Development Authority in south Chattogram, is still without any water supply, 30 years after its inception.
A step towards easing traffic woes
Fouzderhat-Bayezid Link Road, after being inaugurated on November 14, has become an important bypass road in Chattogram.
42 top Ctg taxpayers honoured
The port city’s income tax department handed over the best taxpayer awards
Residents worry over tilted buildings
Scenes of tilted buildings, residents being evacuated and owners facing financial losses, have become a regular occurrence in some areas of the port city.
