Chattogram

Foreman seriously injured at unauthorised shipbreaking yard

A foreman’s leg is severely injured after a hatch cover fell on him while working at a shipbreaking yard at Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram.
28 April 2020, 13:26 PM

Coronavirus shutdown: Shipbreaking yards reopening, forcing many to rejoin work

Despite the ongoing nationwide shutdown to contain the spread of coronavirus, dozens of shipbreaking yards have started to reopen at Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila today, compelling workers to rejoin work.
16 April 2020, 13:13 PM

Ctg UP chairman’s relief operation turns into ‘photoshoot’

The marginalised, the informal sector workers and those who depend on daily income for their livelihood are among the worst-affected by the ongoing shutdown enforced to stop the spread of coronavirus.
7 April 2020, 14:35 PM

Son of Chattogram’s first coronavirus patient also tests positive

A 25-year-old man, whose father is the first confirmed coronavirus patient in Chattogram, also tests positive -- making him the second case in the port city.
5 April 2020, 15:51 PM

Villagers bar outsiders from entering their locality in Chattogram

Locals at different parts of Hathazari upazila are placing logs and placards with warning messages, and digging holes in the middle of the roads so that outsiders are unable to enter their villages, in an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus.
28 March 2020, 10:06 AM

2 workers die after being exposed to toxic gas in Sitakunda shipyard

Two shipyard workers die after being exposed to toxic gas while dismantling an old ship at Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram this afternoon.
24 March 2020, 10:34 AM

Ak-22 recovered from ex-Shibir activist’s home in Ctg: police

Police recover an Ak-22 rifle and ammunition from the residence of a former activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir in Chattogram city today, a day after his arrest in Dhaka.
9 February 2020, 13:51 PM

Bank robbery attempted at UCB Chattogram branch

Miscreants tried to rob a branch of United Commercial Bank (UCB) Limited in Chattogram early yesterday by drugging the security guard, but they apparently failed to break the bank vault.
8 February 2020, 16:10 PM

Daraz hosts seller summit in Chattogram

After successful completion of seller summits in Rajshahi, Sylhet, Khulna, and Dhaka, Daraz, the largest e-commerce of Bangladesh, hosts a seller summit in Chattogram for the second consecutive time.
16 October 2019, 10:44 AM

When the elephant is the room!

The houses in fairy tales often came in weird shapes and sizes -- one was shaped like a shoe, some were high up in the trees, and another was made out of chocolate. It’s almost impossible to find such structures in the real world, but there is one house in
21 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Raid at 3 clubs in Ctg: Gambling equipment, sharp weapons seized

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seizes gambling equipment and sharp weapons during simultaneous raids at three clubs in Chattogram city.
21 September 2019, 14:39 PM

Signal 3 issued for sea ports

The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra were advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal No 3.
14 August 2019, 07:23 AM

Trouble from transport strike

The transport strike in Chattogram and Rangpur was called off yesterday after it caused immense suffering to commuters and businesspeople.
25 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Transport strike called off

Road transport workers in Rangpur calls off their indefinite strike following assurance of administration to meet their demands including compensation to the family of driver Jala, who was beaten to death in Chattogram Tuesday.
25 April 2019, 04:44 AM

Seven killed in road crashes

Seven people, including a three-year old, were killed in road crashes in Mymensingh, Dinajpur and Chattogram yesterday.
20 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Housewife killed as she resisted ‘rape’ attempt

A 24-year-old woman was stabbed to death in her home in Fatikchhari upazila of Chattogram after she resisted an alleged rape attempt by two youths early Sunday.
15 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Bus driver remanded for assaulting CU student

A Chattogram court places a bus driver on a three-day remand in a case filed over assaulting a female student of Chittagong University when she was returning to the city from the campus.
13 April 2019, 04:33 AM

UZ polls: Cop, 4 others shot in Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar polls clash

Five people including a policeman suffers bullet injuries in separate clashes centering upazila parishad elections in Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar districts.
24 March 2019, 05:02 AM

28 BNP men sent to jail in Ctg

A Chattogram court sends 28 leaders and activists of BNP to jail in 11 cases filed over their alleged involvement in subversive activities in the port city.
7 February 2019, 13:16 PM

2 cops stabbed in Ctg

Two policemen sustain stab injuries after they reportedly came under attack while conducting a drive to confiscate the property of a fugitive accused in Banshkhali upazila of Chattogram.
19 January 2019, 14:45 PM