port city
Why is Chattogram drowning?
End the blame game and address the port city's chronic waterlogging problem
Taxpayers’ money isn’t for squandering
Poor planning and wasteful execution of projects must be stopped
Plan to tag Ctg, Cox’s Bazar as drug-prone zone raises fears about tourism
It will also send a negative message to other countries and discourage foreign tourists from visiting Bangladesh's prime tourist destinations, the tour operators said
What explains the delay in processing donations?
No justification for emergency medical supplies being stuck at port for months
Heavy rain sends parts of port city under water
Incessant downpour since Sunday morning till yesterday noon submerged parts of the port city in knee to waist deep water, immobilising movement in the city and causing residents to suffer immensely.
Disease in diagnosis
The quality of medical care in the port city is getting a bad name in recent times, leading to immense patient sufferings. And the diagnostic centres are partly to blame.
Ansar man killed in road accident
An Ansar member was killed in a road accident near bridge-15 of the port city's airport area yesterday afternoon.
Whose rice is it anyway?
As many as 155 tonnes of rice seized in the port city while being smuggled out of government depots was packed in jute sacks bearing the insignia of the Directorate General of Food. The directorate, however, claimed the rice seized from seven trucks was not theirs.
CMP to prepare database of Ctg dwellers
The Chittagong Metropolitan Police yesterday announced that the area it covers would be divided into 135 beats to create a database of local people, criminals, establishments and the characteristics of crimes at specific spots.
20 hurt in Ctg BCL infighting
At least 20 people are injured in infighting between two groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in Chittagong city.
Ctg RMG workers’ blockade causes 4km gridlock
Workers of three readymade garment factories of Clifton Group put barricade on the Bayezid Bostami Road in Chittagong city, demanding their arrears that triggers around two kilometres gridlock on both sides of the road.
Indefinite transport strike in greater Ctg
Transport workers enforce an indefinite strike in greater Chittagong from today protesting the abduction of one of its leader Nurul Islam.
AL men ‘attack’ BNP activists in Ctg
Awami League and Bangladesh Chhatra League activists allegedly carry out an attack on BNP activists in Chittagong during inauguration of BNP’s election offices.
BGB deployed in Dhaka, Rajshahi, Ctg
Paramilitary force is deployed in Chittagong, Rajshahi and Dhaka city to ward off violence amid preparation of execution of war criminal Muhammad Kamaruzzaman.
