HC bars trade, town association groups from Ctg chamber’s polls
23 October 2025, 15:00 PM
Eight Pacific Jeans factories in CEPZ to reopen tomorrow
22 October 2025, 11:54 AM
Container transport at Ctg port resumes
19 October 2025, 10:51 AM
Maritime law society serves legal notice, seeks cancellation of new port tariff circular
14 October 2025, 12:46 PM
3 port terminals to get foreign operators by Dec
12 October 2025, 13:56 PM
BSAA polls postponed, administrator appointed
7 October 2025, 14:53 PM
63 candidates cleared for Ctg chamber polls
5 October 2025, 18:44 PM
Shipping agents call for revision, phased rollout of Ctg port tariff
5 October 2025, 13:57 PM
Local berth operators want to invest in Ctg port’s oldest terminal
30 September 2025, 08:43 AM
Padma Oil's fuel supply pipeline for Ctg airport opens tomorrow
22 September 2025, 11:29 AM
Where differences bow to brotherhood
Hundreds of fasting Muslims, sitting on the floors, waiting to break their fast with the call for evening prayer -- such has been the everyday scene at the port city’s Anderkilla Shahi Jame Mosque during the month of Ramadan for over a decade.
12 April 2022, 18:00 PM
The iftar experience - Port city style: Chattogram’s go-to iftar destinations
Iftar has taken a different form altogether in the subcontinent. In Bangladesh, iftar accounts for not only the delicacy but also the bonds that get strengthened in the process -- be that within the close circle of family or friends or that of the community.
12 April 2022, 18:00 PM
SAMPAN a quintessential Chattogram ride
The dependency of the port city on the Karnaphuli and the availability of the easiest route of communication between north and south Chattogram are considered to be the reason why the fame of the sampan boat took a rise.
5 April 2022, 18:00 PM
A 100-year-old inn lost in time
The story of Jagat Chandra Mahajaner Panthoshala starts around 100 years ago. Those were the times when locals mostly travelled on foot or boat.
5 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Mother nature guarded by her daughters
She used to work as a day labourer and continued in this profession for more than a year. But her calling was elsewhere, amidst nature. Following the call, she decided to join the forest department as a temporary guard.
5 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Syndicate identified after 10yrs probe
Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has identified an importer and forwarding (C&F) agent involved in importing a BMW car though Chattogram Port by submitting fake documents in 2010.
29 March 2022, 18:00 PM
A tribute to revolution and resistance
In the port city’s Dampara area, stands a 14 feet tall red building with a single door -- bearing the history of a revolution’s inception.
29 March 2022, 18:00 PM
VENOM: let there be cure
Venomous snakes. In boxes, inside a laboratory.
29 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Does end justify the means?
There’s little doubt about the nobility of the Ashrayan-2 housing project. Under the project, houses will be constructed and handed over to destitute families as the prime minister’s gift, allowing them to live in comfort.
29 March 2022, 18:00 PM
On a mission to save endangered trees
Native medicinal trees were once abundant in the country. But with the passage of time, they have either vanished or are on the verge of extinction, mainly due to indiscriminate deforestation.
22 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Treating animals with care
The Rangamati native’s anxiety was growing as he could not understand what had happened to his beloved dog -- it was howling nonstop.
22 March 2022, 18:00 PM
‘I walk 3km daily to fetch water’
Sagarika Tripura, a resident of Alutila Rehabilitation Center area in Khagrachhari’s Matiranga upazila, starts her day at 5:00am. With no source of water near her home, the 45-year-old has to make a 3-km trek through hilly terrains every day.
22 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Furniture for all seasons
If one takes a right turn from Bahaddarhat intersection in the port city, they’ll find Khaza Road, and after walking further down the road they would reach Bolir Haat, one of the largest furniture hubs in the country.
15 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Moon ride on ‘chander gari’
Travelling is always a delight, but what makes it even more enjoyable is the various kinds of ride you get to take through the journey.
15 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Choked by 2 shipbreaking yards: Once 50ft wide Sonaichhari canal now a narrow stream
Not so long ago, Sonaichhari canal, which is linked directly to the Bay of Bengal, used to be a vibrant 50-feet wide water body.
15 March 2022, 18:00 PM
A rendezvous of booklovers
Be it a weekend or work day, readers from all age groups are rushing to the Amar Ekushey Book Fair, at the MA Aziz Stadium Gymnasium premises in the port city, since its inauguration on February 20.
8 March 2022, 18:00 PM
A makeshift market for used lifeboats
Spotting used, red lifeboats parked on the canal banks beside Dhaka-Chattogram Highway at Sitakunda upazila, one might scratch their heads and ask why they’re kept there. But these boats are in fact of great value, being displayed for sale.
8 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Household waste stinks up the city
Arun Bikash DeyAmong the many problems that consume a metro, the one that has become a headache for port city dwellers is poor waste management.
8 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Is Khagrachhari's Bain loom tradition dying?
The back-strap handloom, popularly known as “Bain” loom, is a centuries-old textiles craft of the indigenous people of Khagrachhari district.
8 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Mushroom miracle
When he was younger, Mohammad Hossain of Lohagara in Chattogram went to Saudi Arabia to change his fate. Despite working hard in a grocery shop for years, he ultimately failed to do this, and barely survived on a meagre income.
1 March 2022, 18:00 PM