Chittagong

Cargo stalemate at Chittagong port

The outer anchorage of Chittagong port is seeing long queues of ships as offloading of imported goods from these ships has been mostly suspended for the last 10 days due to non-operation of lighter vessels.
30 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Businesses hit hard

Two vessels carrying over 1,00,000 tonnes of wheat, yellow maize and yellow peas from Argentina and Canada arrived at the outer anchorage of the Chittagong Port in the middle of this month.
29 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Power situation in Bangladesh to improve by today

In a rare move, State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid has apologised to the nation for the disruption in power
28 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Three ‘robbers’ beaten to death in Ctg

Three suspected robbers were beaten to death by locals at Uttar Kattali in Chittagong city early yesterday.
27 April 2016, 18:00 PM

3 ‘robbers’ beaten dead in Ctg

Three alleged robbers were beaten to death by a mob in Chittagong city.
27 April 2016, 04:34 AM

4 murdered in 3 dists

Four people were hacked and shot to death and another was severely injured in separate incidents in Chittagong, Kushtia and Brahmanbaria yesterday.
25 April 2016, 18:00 PM

2 shot dead in Ctg

Two youths were shot dead during an attack by rivals in Rangunia upazila of Chittagong.
25 April 2016, 06:04 AM

Chittagong woman, daughter found dead

A woman and her five-year-old daughter were found dead at their house in Boalkhali upazila of Chittagong yesterday.
19 April 2016, 18:00 PM

2 killed in 'shootout' in Ctg

Two alleged robbers were killed in a "gunfight" with Rapid Action Battalion in Mirsarai upazila of Chittagong early yesterday.
18 April 2016, 18:00 PM

2 suspects of Ctg jewellery shop robbery killed in ‘gunfight’

Two alleged robbers, who were involved in a jewellery shop robbery in February, are killed in a "gunfight" with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Mirsarai upazila of Chittagong.
18 April 2016, 03:41 AM

Worker dies at Chittagong shipbreaking yard

A worker died and another fell ill inhaling toxic gas while cleaning oil from a scrap ship at a shipbreaking yard in Sitakunda on Friday afternoon.
17 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Coal-fired power plant must not harm environment, Banshkhali locals say

People of Gondamara in Banshkhali will support installation of a coal-based power plant there only if the plant does not harm the environment, said speakers at a view exchange meeting yesterday.
17 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Cement clinker-laden lighter vessel capsizes in Bay

A lighter vessel carrying around 1,400 tonnes of cement clinkers capsizes in the Bay of Bengal after it was hit by another lighter vessel.
17 April 2016, 08:39 AM

Chittagong admin tries to dispel fear

S Alam Group will have to ensure alternative livelihoods for the villagers in Gondamara of Banshkhali upazila if it is to set up a coal-based power plant there, speakers say at a views-exchange meeting.
16 April 2016, 18:00 PM

3 tilted Ctg buildings ‘dangerous’

Chittagong Development Authority identifies three of nine buildings, which tilted during yesterday’s earthquake, as “dangerous”.
14 April 2016, 13:50 PM

Earthquake: 50 hurt, 4 buildings tilt in Ctg

50 people are injured while rushing out of RMG factories in EPZ and Oxygen areas and four buildings tilted in Chittagong after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar.
13 April 2016, 14:10 PM

Govt tries to dispel Banshkhali fear

The government has extended its full support for the coal-fired power plant to be set up in Banshkhali of Chittagong amid growing protests over the project and last week's clashes that left at least four people killed and scores more injured.
10 April 2016, 18:00 PM

3 injured in Ctg car cylinder blast

Three persons are injured as a gas-cylinder of a car blasted at a CNG filling station in Chittagong’s Khulshi area.
10 April 2016, 09:41 AM

2 crushed under train in Banani

Two persons are crushed under the wheels of a train in Banani of Dhaka. The deceased – 45 and 50 years – died on the spot when they were crushed near Senamalacha in Banani by a Chittagong bound train from Kamalapur around 8:15am, police said.
9 April 2016, 05:48 AM

Protest continues against power plant in Ctg

National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power, and Ports holds a human chain at Banshkhali upazila of Chittagong protesting the killing of the four people who were shot while protesting the installation of a coal-based power plant there.
8 April 2016, 09:51 AM