Paramilitary force is deployed in Chittagong, Rajshahi and Dhaka city to ward off violence amid preparation of execution of war criminal Muhammad Kamaruzzaman.

The polls-symbol allocation for forthcoming city corporation elections has started off with candidates for Chittagong city getting theirs first.

CHITTAGONG city, our second most important city, was practically flooded again after only an hour and a half of downpour on Monday.

The prime minister is flouting electoral laws by sponsoring the candidates of Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation polls, BNP complains.

Usually what is seen during monsoon, most of the key points in Chittagong city goes down underwater in last night’s downpour.

Authorities reject BNP leader Abdul Awal Mintoo's appeal challenging cancellation of his nomination for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral race.

A policeman is killed as a truck knocked him down on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong

Wild elephants said to have trampled a Border Guard Bangladesh trooper and a woodcutter in Cox’s Bazar and Chittagong in separate incidents.

Suspect in the case filed for planning attack on depots of three oil companies in Chittagong are arrested along with five associates from different parts in Patenga

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks grassroots leaders of Awami League’s Dhaka city unit to work together for the party-backed candidates in the upcoming Dhaka city corporation elections

A man burnt alive as a fire broke out at a slum in Chittagong city

All banks in Dhaka and Chittagong metropolitan areas will stay open this weekend – Friday and Saturday – for the upcoming city corporation polls

Law enforcers, in separate drives, have rescued 52 fortune seekers from Dhaka, Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar while allegedly being trafficked to Malaysia

Government approves in principle drafts of two acts for establishing two medical universities in Rajshahi and Chittagong in a bid to create more specialised doctors

Election Working Group (EWG) urges the Election Commission (EC) to take measures for ensuring a level-playing field for candidates in Dhaka and Chittagong city polls

Police arrested a leader of banned militant outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Chittagong unit with explosives and grenade-making materials in the port city today.

BNP voices for the involvement of foreign investigation agencies to locate its missing leader Salahuddin Ahmed

Customs intelligence officials recover 16 gold bars weighing two kilogrammes and detained a passenger of an Air Arabia flight at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong

Detectives detain 80 Shibir activists and recover 14 firearms with ammunition in overnight raid at Chittagong Government College

A fire that breaks out at a DHL (Parcel & Courier Service) office in Chittagong Export Processing Zone (EPZ) at South Halishahar in the port city has been brought under control