Arun Bikash Dey

Street vendors in Chattogram gear up for winter rush

Two-year-old Masura Islam Taskia, daughter of slain lawyer Saiful Islam Alif, remains unaware of the tragedy that has struck her family.

A recent study has confirmed the presence of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) in the drinking water at various restaurants, tea stalls, food carts, and diagnostic centres across Chattogram city, posing serious public health concerns.

The Public Works Department completed the renovation work of the Jatisangha Park in Chattogram city’s Panchlaish area around two months back, after significant delays. However, the park still remains off-limits to public. 

Residents allege the publicity materials ruin the city’s beauty

Sumaiya Akter [pseudonym], wife of a college teacher, was spotted standing in the middle of a queue of over a hundred people in front of a truck sale of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) at Jamal Khan Intersection last week.

Many private clinics and diagnostic centres in Chattogram have been hiring unregistered nurses, disregarding The Medical Practice and Private Clinics and Laboratories (Regulation) Ordinance, 1982.

So far, 35 dengue patients died in Chattogram this year, including 10 in just the first two weeks of this month alone. The death toll is likely to rise further by the end of the month

Experts stress that children under five are particularly vulnerable to pneumonia

Experts attribute this disparity to factors such as delayed hospitalisation, anaemia, low blood pressure, and comorbidities

Challenges await new Chattogram City Corporation mayor Shahadat Hossain with restoring discipline in the corporation will be his most challenging task

Every day, Laila Begum, a resident of High Level Road in the Lalkhan Bazar area, takes her daughter, an eighth grader, to school in the Jamal Khan area.

Frequent power cuts over the last week have left residents of Chattogram suffering.

If one randomly walks through a footpath on any road in Chattogram city, they will almost always find the footpaths not suitable for walking, with those being largely occupied by vendors, hawkers, or even parked vehicles.

Health experts are concerned about the high fatality rate from dengue in Chattogram despite the relatively low number of hospital admissions.

Over the past two decades, casualties have become a recurring tragedy at shipbreaking yards in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila.

Multiple areas in Chattogram city have been facing waterlogging as regular drain clearing activities have been suspended for much of the last one month.

Jahangir Alam, 65, suffered a brain stroke on Friday and was admitted to the Neuro Medicine Ward of Chittagong Medical College Hospital.

Bamboo fences, that’s all the Chattogram City Corporation could come up with as a temporary solution to the problem of unguarded canals this monsoon, as projects worth crores of taka continue to linger on.

Residents of port city are currently unable to use Jatisangha Park in Panchlaish due to delayed renovation work.