Fishery Ghat: A market unlike any other

From 4 to 9 every morning, different types of fish -- caught from the Bay of Bengal and other sources -- are brought to the port city’s Karnaphuli ghat from wholesale depots. The business is the busiest during night times, taking the numbers to millions.
28 June 2022, 18:00 PM

Living in a death trap

On August 18, 2008, 11 people, including five members of the same family, died in a landslide at Matijharna of the city’s Lalakhan Bazar.
21 June 2022, 18:00 PM

Cattle farming sees boom

Chattogram’s livestock production has nearly doubled over the last 5 years -- thanks to the rising popularity of cattle farming.
21 June 2022, 18:00 PM

Ctg getting new master plan after 27 years

Chattogram Development Authority (CDA) has started working on a new master plan after 27 years, to build a planned port city.
21 June 2022, 18:00 PM

House of Honey

Pushing through the front door, visitors’ eyes would be greeted by a range of unfamiliar trees. A mangrove garden has been set up at the front -- with saplings collected from the Sundarbans.
21 June 2022, 18:00 PM

Calmness at the heart of the city

The Laldhighi Park is one of the few parks in the port city that offer visitors free access. The park is located at the centre of the port city, around a kilometre away from the New Market area.
14 June 2022, 18:00 PM

A place of allure and respite

Located in the Agrabad area, the Jamboree Park in Chattogram city has become a sought-after place for residents.
14 June 2022, 18:00 PM

Restoring a lost beauty

Flapping their colourful wings, they hover from one flower to another. After collecting nectar, they float around to another destination, leaving spectators in awe of their mundane tasks. Indeed, butterflies are graceful creatures.
14 June 2022, 18:00 PM

70 lakh people, only 9 parks

Of these, the first three are run by Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) while Jamboree Park is run by Public Works Department. Visitors don’t have to pay to access these four parks.
14 June 2022, 18:00 PM

Goodwill bounded by limitations

Never has the burn and plastic surgery unit of Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) faced the rush of so many patients with burn injuries at the same time.
7 June 2022, 18:00 PM

‘No one came to see us’

Tofajjal Haque, an IT in-charge of BM Container Depot, was on duty when the depot caught fire on Saturday night. He was around 120 feet away from the explosion spot inside the container but could not save himself from the blaze.
7 June 2022, 18:00 PM

Going beyond the call of duty

Imrul Kaisar, a constable of Industrial Police at Kumira, was the first to inform firefighters of the BM Depot explosion on Saturday night. Imrul is currently fighting for his life at the Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit of Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH).
7 June 2022, 18:00 PM

The many faults of Al Razi Chemical Complex

Al Razi Chemical Complex, located at South Pahartholi (Ward 1) of Chattogram City Corporation, was found to be producing Hydrogen Peroxide nine times higher than the permissible limit by the Department of Environment.
7 June 2022, 18:00 PM

First endoscopic brain-tumour surgery performed in Ctg

For the first time in Chattogram, a patient’s brain tumour has been removed using endoscopic procedure, a minimally invasive method.
31 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Taking care of the strays

Even though pets are taken care of with much affection, the same can’t be said about animals on the street. These strays often suffer from different illnesses, but there’s no one to tend to them.
31 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Connecting farmers with consumers

Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) researchers have developed a distribution model of pure cow-milk that would benefit both consumers and dairy farmers.
31 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Of pride and glory

According to historian and researcher Shamsul Haque, Chattogram’s shipbuilding business developed on the banks of Karnaphuli, where merchants from across the world used to come to purchase ships and later sail them across the sea, loaded with their goods.
31 May 2022, 18:00 PM

More than a graveyard

19 Badsha Mia Road, Chattogram, holds an old cemetery on its lands. Except that it’s not just any other cemetery, but rather one with huge historical significance.
24 May 2022, 18:00 PM

CU launches seven biotech research labs

Chittagong University (CU) inaugurated seven international-standard biotechnology research labs at the Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology on May 23.
24 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Back to Green: 4 lakh trees planted on 400 acres of recovered forestland

The forest department has reforested a total of 400 acres of protected forestland -- which was grabbed by locals in Kodolpur area of Chattogram’s Raozan upazila -- bringing a positive change for the region’s biodiversity.
24 May 2022, 18:00 PM