Chattogram
2 workers die after falling sick in shipbreaking yards in Chattogram
Two workers died in two separate incidents at two shipbreaking yards in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila today.
11 red zones declared in Chattogram city
Authorities have categorised 11 areas under Chattogram City Corporation as red zones for Covid-19 infection.
2 held as Rab busts firearms factory in Chattogram
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-7) claims to have busted a firearms making factory at a remote hilly area between Rangunia and Paitya upazilas of Chattogram, and arrested two persons including a...
Over 400 workers stage demo in Chattogram demanding salaries
Hundreds of workers of a factory in Chattogram city stage a demonstration, demanding their due salaries for last two months.
Foreman seriously injured at unauthorised shipbreaking yard
A foreman’s leg is severely injured after a hatch cover fell on him while working at a shipbreaking yard at Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram.
Coronavirus shutdown: Shipbreaking yards reopening, forcing many to rejoin work
Despite the ongoing nationwide shutdown to contain the spread of coronavirus, dozens of shipbreaking yards have started to reopen at Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila today, compelling workers to...
Ctg UP chairman’s relief operation turns into ‘photoshoot’
The marginalised, the informal sector workers and those who depend on daily income for their livelihood are among the worst-affected by the ongoing shutdown enforced to stop the spread of...
Son of Chattogram’s first coronavirus patient also tests positive
A 25-year-old man, whose father is the first confirmed coronavirus patient in Chattogram, also tests positive -- making him the second case in the port city.
Villagers bar outsiders from entering their locality in Chattogram
Locals at different parts of Hathazari upazila are placing logs and placards with warning messages, and digging holes in the middle of the roads so that outsiders are unable to enter their villages...
2 workers die after being exposed to toxic gas in Sitakunda shipyard
Two shipyard workers die after being exposed to toxic gas while dismantling an old ship at Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram this afternoon.
Ak-22 recovered from ex-Shibir activist’s home in Ctg: police
Police recover an Ak-22 rifle and ammunition from the residence of a former activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir in Chattogram city today, a day after his arrest in Dhaka.