Hasan Jahid Tusher

A Chinese contractor fails to restart the country's lone state-run chemical factory in over four years, yet it finds no problems in getting its employer to deliver undue benefits.

Bapex has found a large gas reserve at Shahbazpur of Bhola.

Meem and Sumaiya, only 6 years and 18 months old respectively, lost their parents in the devastating landslide in a Rangamati town on June 13. But in the aftermath of the tragedy, they have found a guardian in Mohammad Manzurul Mannan, deputy commissioner of Rangamati.

The government is incurring a loss of around Tk 5.65 crore every month as a 14-month project to reopen the country's lone state-owned chemical factory could not be implemented in more than four years. The loss has been nearly Tk 82 crore since May last year, when the Tk 115 crore project to restart Chittagong Chemical Complex (CCC) in Sitakunda was extended for the second time.

Until yesterday, Mohammed Sumon was worried about how to move forward after losing six of his family members, including parents

Some senior ministers yesterday expressed strong disagreement with the Supreme Court over the restoration of Supreme Judicial Council for removal of SC judges on grounds of gross misconduct or incapacity. The SC in the full verdict in 16th constitutional amendment case said the provision of SJC has been reinstated following the cancellation of that amendment, which had empowered parliament to remove SC judges.

Unplanned settlement, deforestation, lack of guidelines for constructions in the hill region, development interventions, and heavy

A video captured recently on the Chittagong-Kaptai road shows a vivid picture of the present scenario of waterlogging in Chittagong as most of the areas under the Chittagong City Corporation are inundated, causing immense sufferings for the commuters every day.

Over a month after the Rangamati landslides, the people, who were rendered homeless, are eagerly waiting for permanent settlement as the government is preparing a “comprehensive” policy for their rehabilitation.

It is a glaring example of how ineffective measures by the local administration and people's carelessness can lead to loss of lives. Only five weeks ago, rain-induced landslides killed over 170 people in the hill districts, 120 of them in Rangamati alone. Such a high death toll should have been an eye-opener both for the administration as well as for those living precariously in the hill slopes. But yesterday's deaths of five people in a Sitakunda landslide are evidence that last month's warning fell on deaf ears.

If the government comes up with a clear vision and a new comprehensive plan, the World Bank is ready to support and finance the

When the terror attack was unfolding at the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka on the night of July 1 last year, Lt Col MM Imrul Hasan, a commando, was watching a movie with his family at a resort in Habiganj, some 180km from the capital.

A very different Eid-ul-Fitr is prevailing through Rangamati – the area that saw one of the worst series of landslides in a decade that killed 120 people there. The district officials have scrapped all their official programmes to spend time with the landslide victims who have taken refuge in the local shelter homes.

Hasna Begum is still numb from the shock of losing her homestead in the landslide that reduced all her valuables and belongings to

In a unique gesture to stand by the landslide victims, the Rangamati district administration has decided to celebrate the Eid-ul-Fitr with them at 19 shelter centres.

Road communication between Rangamati and Chittagong was restored yesterday on a limited scale after the authorities had repaired

The sack of rice supposed to be given to her has been taken by political leaders of her neighbourhood in Rangamati.

For the last six days, I have been reporting from Rangamati on the aftermath of the landslides.

As it continued to rain yesterday, people kept coming to the shelters for landslide victims in Rangamati.

He helped many save their lives on that fateful day but lost most of his family members. And finally, he himself died of injuries.