Arun Bikash Dey

Rickshaw-puller Md Abu (55) was wailing as all his belongings were burnt to ashes in a fire at a slum at West Madarbari in the port city yesterday.

Around 800 people become homeless as 270 shanties are burnt in a fire at a slum at West Madarbari in the port city.

For those who haven’t had the fortune to visit the major landmarks and monuments of Bangladesh, the “Mini Bangladesh” theme park in the port city can serve as something of a snapshot.

Losing all of her belongings to a fire, Lipi Akter was bewailing at the site in Chattogram city’s Mirzar Pool yesterday.

Graveyards are considered a site of mourning, a place to remember the dead, their many trials and triumphs. But a graveyard can also serve as a historical site, a place to learn not only about the individuals buried there, but also of our collective past.

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) is going to launch 10 buses for the students of Chattogram next week.

The much-expected by-polls to Chattogram-8 (Boalkhali-Chandgaon) will be held today, with voters casting votes through electronic voting machines (EVM).

With the by-polls to Chattogram-8 (Boalkhali-Chandgaon) set to be held tomorrow, BNP is expressing doubts whether the election will be free and fair.

With the by-polls of Chattogram-8 (Chandgaon-Boalkhali) constituency coming closer, candidates of both Awami League (AL) and BNP have been giving their best efforts to woo voters.

Marking their 46th anniversary, Tirjak Natyadal, a theatre group of Chattogram, organised a five-day theatre festival, titled Tirjak Natyamela at Theatre Institute Chattogram. Thespians Bivas Chakraborty and Mamunur Rashid jointly inaugurated the event.

Good news for port city residents! To provide drinking water at a low price, Chattogram Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) is launching a water ATM in port city today.

Campaign for Chattogram-8 by-polls is gaining momentum with the election getting closer.

Not a single hospital or diagnostic centre in Chattogram has the capacity to dispose clinical waste properly, posing serious health risks.

What started as an initiative to instill the spirit of Liberation War among youths around 30 years ago in Chattogram, has transcended the boundaries of the city and become a compulsory event throughout the country during the month of victory.

Within a span of weeks, a second allegation of “death from wrong treatment” has been raised against Max Hospital in Chattogram, with a case filed this time by the aggrieved.

It’s built quite strategically -- on a hilltop -- so that someone approaching could be identified clearly from the structure’s two towers.

Winter is widely held as the season for vegetables. As supply of vegetables floods kitchen markets, prices come down drastically. But this year, the economics is yet to work out in Chattogram.

It is not that open-market sales (OMS) of essentials at lower than market prices are unforeseen in the port city. Trucks of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) often sell rice, lentils and other daily groceries at various points of the city. However, there has been a marked difference in their latest stint of sales than previous times.

With Election Commission (EC) set to declare the schedule of by-polls to Chattogram-8 (Boalkhali-Chandgaon) constituency by next week, around half a dozen candidates from Awami League and BNP were trying to secure party nomination.

Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) is set to launch a research vessel today to conduct study for increasing fish production in Kaptai Lake -- the biggest artificial lake in South-east Asia -- located in Rangamati district.