Arun Bikash Dey

Chattogram’s Modern Food Testing Laboratory, a Tk 34.4 crore project funded by the Asian Development Bank, remains inoperable despite construction being completed in December 2015.

Three people were killed in a fire that broke out at the six-storey Mohammadia Plaza in the port city’s Riaz Uddin Bazar area early yesterday.

Shuvechha Ghosh, a resident of Askar Dighir Par area in Chattogram city, was finding it hard to put her toddler to sleep on Tuesday night, amid severe heat alongside frequent power cuts.

Amid this mass panic, many “facts” being circulated about the snake fall in the realm of misinformation. 

Every year, Chattogram sinks following rain, which washes away the tall claims of monsoon preparedness by the city corporation and Chattogram Development Authority.

The Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) for newborns resumed in Chattogram yesterday after remaining halted for almost five months amid a shortage of vaccines.

Medical service seekers in Chattogram suffered yesterday as doctors at private hospitals, clinics, and diagnostic centres enforced a 24-hour strike.

Classmates Trisha Biswas and Salma Akter, both ninth graders, always return from school together to their homes in Katalganj Residential Area of Chattogram city.

A mild heat wave across Chattogram and adjoining districts has left people in the region suffering from various ailments including fever, cough, heat stroke, diarrhoea, headache and dizziness. Frequent power outages have added to the woes.

In 2021, it was 10-year-old Kamal Uddin, 19-year-old Sheherin Mahmud Sadia, and 55-year-old vegetable vendor Saleh Ahmed.

Awami League lawmaker from Chattogram-13 (Anwara) constituency and former minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury has asked the local administration not to permit any rallies in his constituency unless applied at least a week in advance.

Ctg-13 lawmaker instructs govt official not to permit rallies unless applied a week in advance

Chittagong University recruited 172 employees without any advertisements and recruitment tests during the tenure of immediate past vice chancellor Shireen Akhter.

For its lush green ambience, Biplob Udyan used to be a much sought after recreational space for port city dwellers.

With most canals in Chattogram city choking on non-biodegradable plastic waste, waterlogging is likely to worsen in the coming monsoon, fear experts.

Different aquatic species in the Karnaphuli River have been dying after burnt raw sugar from S Alam Refined Sugar Industries Limited contaminated the water, following a fire on Monday

If one visits Government Teachers’ Training College in Chawk Bazar area, they will notice a field inundated by water, entrances and ground floors of male and female hostels submerged, and hyacinths growing everywhere on the waterlogged premises.

Finding her way amid an excited crowd at the entrance of Ekushey Boi Mela in the port city’s CRB area, Shanta Devnath managed to enter a stall.

Miracle Miles International, a private company, has taken it upon itself to start a project to beautify a prime location beside Chawkbazar-Muradpur Road in Panchlaish area of the port city.

Leaders and activists of Chattogram city Chhatra League are excited as they will get  a new committee after 10 long years.