The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council approves the proposed Chinese Economic and Industrial Zone to be set up on 774.25 acres of land at Anwara, Chittagong involving Tk 420.37 crore exclusively for Chinese investors.

The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start selling onion at Tk 50 per kg across the country from tomorrow ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha.

Law enforcers detain at least 22 leaders and activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student front of Jamaat-e-Islami, in Patiya upazila of Chittagong this afternoon.

The government has hiked bus fares by 10 paisa per kilometre in Dhaka and Chittagong which will be effective from October 1.

Workers of three readymade garment factories of Clifton Group put barricade on the Bayezid Bostami Road in Chittagong city, demanding their arrears that triggers around two kilometres gridlock on both sides of the road.

A 30-year old woman gave birth to triplets at a private clinic in Chittagong city today.

Rapid Action Battalion today claimed to have detained a smuggler with 1.50 lakh yaba tablets from a house in Anwara upazila of Chittagong.

At least eight workers of a ship breaking yard are injured in a gas cylinder blast in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong.

Alleged criminal is killed in a “gunfight” with the law enforcers in Chittagong city early today.

Miscreants allegedly kill two caretakers of a shrine by hacking them with sharp weapons in Bangla Bazar area of Chittagong city.

The famous Patenga beach has been attracting tourists with its scenic beauty for decades. The rumbling waves of the sea, the natural beauty, its location inside Chittagong city and convenient communication, all help in growing the huge of number of tourists flocking to Patenga.

Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) rewards Md Monir, a traffic constable who bravely rescued an eight-year-old schoolboy from drowning.

Barely an hour’s rain brings Dhaka to its knees thanks to the dysfunctional drainage system of the capital city. Majority of the rainfall came around noon, and continued up to 3:00pm.

A traffic policeman dives into a ditch and rescues an eight-year-old child while people were standing there as mere spectators.

Six fish traders are killed and seven injured as a truck carrying them overturns on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Comilla Sadar upazila.

Muhammad Sadman Casper, also known as “little ghost” dies at a Dhaka Hospital.

Authorities temporarily shut down the 60MW thermal power station at Shikalbaha in Chittagong following a fire incident.

Robbers shot three people including a filling station owner and snatched around Tk 1 crore from them in Mirsharai upazila of Chittagong.

The three lawyers, who were arrested for their alleged involvement in financing militancy, deny their involvement in any terror activities before a Chittagong court.

A worker was killed and two others were injured in a gas pipeline explosion at a ship-breaking yard in Sitakunda.