Arun Bikash Dey

With three independent candidates winning back their candidacy following appeals to the Election Commission, Awami League candidates are likely to face tough competition in three Chattogram constituencies in the upcoming polls.

Port city residents, cultural activists urge authorities

Fouzderhat-Bayezid Link Road, after being inaugurated on November 14, has become an important bypass road in Chattogram.

Awami League nominated candidate for Chattogram-11 (Bandar-Patenga) constituency MA Latif's annual income has fallen by about Tk 7.5 lakh in the past five years, but his movable property doubled during this time

Although BNP and its allies have boycotted the next parliamentary elections slated for January 7 next year, candidates nominated by Awami League in 16 constituencies of Chattogram will not go uncontested.

Many patients are being deprived of CT scan service at Chattogram Medical College Hospital for a month as the hospital’s lone CT scan machine has been out of order since October.

With the renovation works going on in full swing, Jatishangha Park located in Panchlaish Residential Area in the port city will be restored to its former glory soon.

Chattogram city residents have been hit hard by a severe gas crisis for around a month.

At least 75 percent of dengue patients have been infected with Dengue 2 serotype in Chattogram this year while 11 percent with Dengue 1 and 14 percent with Dengue 3 serotypes, according to a study

The inauguration of the Bangabandhu Tunnel by the prime minister today carries high hopes, with experts and locals anticipating that it will transform Chattogram into a city resembling Shanghai and boost industrial growth in the port city.

With Durga Puja knocking at the door, artisans in the port city are passing busy days making idols.

Chattogram now ranks as the 12th slowest city in the world, according to a study published as a working paper by the US-based National Bureau of Economic Research.

Jalal Uddin went to Karnaphuli Shah Amanat Bridge area in Chattogram yesterday morning as he was supposed to travel to Chandanaish upazila for work, but to his surprise he saw no public bus leaving from the makeshift bus terminal.

Khaleda Akter can’t help repeating, “What was my son’s fault?”

A modern and specialised burn and plastic surgery unit is being set up at Chattogram Medical College Hospital following a bilateral agreement between China and the health ministry.

It is often said that if we hurt Mother Nature, we end up hurting ourselves. This saying could not be truer than in the case of Chattogram, the commercial capital of Bangladesh, during monsoons, when it goes under water for the most part.

It was early in the morning on a Saturday. The Sun was peeping behind the cloud. The road at Raoshan Hat in Chandanaish upazila was wet due to overnight rain.  

An injured monkey showed up at a hospital three days in a row till yesterday all by itself to get treatment for wounds in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila.

Waterlogging caused by overnight downpour has disrupted the lives of residents in Chattogram and forced the authorities to delay the HSC exams by an hour yesterday.

With the number of patients increasing every day, dengue has already become a menace in Chattogram this month. And if proper actions are not taken, the outbreak threatens to wreak havoc in the region.