On Sunday morning, Liakat Ali and Lutfun Nahar’s home in Burischar of Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila was filled with utter elation as their son Babar Ali, a doctor and already a source of immense pride for the family, became the newest Bangladeshi to summit the Mount Everest.
As many as 5,000 trees weren’t spared the axe in a five-acre forest area in Tulatoli of Chattogram. This lush-green forest was turned into a shipbreaking yard.
A total of 174 fire hydrants set up in different areas of Chattogram city are wearing out as those have been lying idle since installation.
The elevated expressway in Chattogram, the first one in the port city, would be opened to traffic soon, said project officials.
With an aim to mitigate the sufferings of Chattogram residents from waterlogging and traffic congestion, as well as to facilitate tourism, the Chattogram Development Authority borrowed a total of Tk 1,698 crore from the government for implementation of four projects over the past decade.
Despite completing a feasibility study nearly five years ago, the Chattogram-Kaptai rail link project has remained stuck due to a lack of funds.
Demonstrating students of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (Cuet) late last night suspended their protest upon assurances from the university authorities that their major demands would be met.
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.
On Sunday morning, Liakat Ali and Lutfun Nahar’s home in Burischar of Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila was filled with utter elation as their son Babar Ali, a doctor and already a source of immense pride for the family, became the newest Bangladeshi to summit the Mount Everest.
As many as 5,000 trees weren’t spared the axe in a five-acre forest area in Tulatoli of Chattogram. This lush-green forest was turned into a shipbreaking yard.
The elevated expressway in Chattogram, the first one in the port city, would be opened to traffic soon, said project officials.
A total of 174 fire hydrants set up in different areas of Chattogram city are wearing out as those have been lying idle since installation.
With an aim to mitigate the sufferings of Chattogram residents from waterlogging and traffic congestion, as well as to facilitate tourism, the Chattogram Development Authority borrowed a total of Tk 1,698 crore from the government for implementation of four projects over the past decade.
Despite completing a feasibility study nearly five years ago, the Chattogram-Kaptai rail link project has remained stuck due to a lack of funds.
Demonstrating students of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (Cuet) late last night suspended their protest upon assurances from the university authorities that their major demands would be met.
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.
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.
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.