Arun Bikash Dey

Despite the sharp rise in Covid-19 infections in Chattogram, people remain apathetic towards health and safety guidelines.

Unable to bring the mosquito menace under control in the port city through drives, repellents and other action, Chattogram City Corporation seems to have “surrendered” the matter to natural phenomena like rain and storm.

SARS COV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, mutated 4,604 times in Bangladesh from April to the first week of December last year, and of the mutations, 34 were unique meaning they do not match any other mutations found in other parts of the world.

The SARS COV-2 has mutated 4,604 times in Bangladesh since the first week of December last year, of which 34 were unique mutations which means they do not match with any other mutation found in the world.

Right after Bangabandhu’s historical March 7 speech, where he asked Bangladeshis to get ready for resistance, the teachers of Chattogram College held a meeting on March 9.

Tension is mounting among the councillors of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) over the elections to panel mayors, scheduled to be held tomorrow.

The project cost for dredging work in Karnaphuli River has increased by 19 percent, as workers now have to remove a thick layer of plastic waste from the riverbed.

AKM Raisul Huq Bahar was a guerilla freedom fighter. During the Liberation War, he took part in many operations in the port city and adjacent areas, playing a pivotal role in the region’s liberation.

Although the daily coronavirus infection rate is around 3 percent or less in the country, it is still around 5 percent in Chattogram for around a month due to people’s reluctance to follow health rules, according to health officials.

Nawab Sirajuddaula Road in the port city has been closed for over a month as a bridge is being constructed over a nearby canal. This is causing

The renovation work of historic Laldighi Maidan is going on in full swing with 95 percent of the work already completed.

For over three months, residents of different areas in the port city have been suffering, as the mosquito population has multiplied, reportedly due to authority’s negligence to kill mosquitoes and clean their breeding spots.

Work to build the country’s first underwater expressway tunnel -- Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel -- under Karnaphuli River is going on in full swing, with around 62 percent of work already completed, according to officials.

Dumping of domestic waste just outside households in the open is ruining Chattogram’s city’s environment, but it would be unfair to blame residents of the port city alone.

For the last eight years, political activities of BNP in Chattogram have been limited to its Nasiman Bhaban office in port city.

Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, the mayor-elect of Chattogram City Corporation, is set to take oath of office today, after winning last month’s election with ruling Awami League’s symbol “boat” in polls marred by low voter turnout and violence.

A long-time regular at the port city’s Biplab Udyan, former schoolteacher Tarapada Ghosh had been maintaining strict quarantine since the start of the pandemic. What he saw when he finally decided to go to the park on Wednesday astonished him.

A consignment of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines have reached Chattogram city yesterday morning, as vaccination in the district is scheduled to start from February 7.

From the very beginning of the campaigns for Chattogram City Corporation polls, the rebel candidates have been a big headache for the Awami League high-ups as a number of party men went against the central decision to run for councillor in the high-voltage local body election.

The Chattogram City Corporation polls yesterday were marred by violence and the capture of scores of polling centres by Awami League men amid a low turnout of voters.