Thousands of litres of furnace oil spilled into a canal after three tank wagons of a train carrying the thick liquid derailed in Hathazari upazila yesterday.

There is no reason to panic over the outbreak of disease at Hathazari’s Tripura Para, World Health Organisation (WHO) says after inspection.

A female college student was stabbed to death and her sister-in-law was badly injured in an attack by unidentified people at the latter's home in the district's Hathazari upazila on Friday Night.

As residents of Uttar Madarsa village in Hathazari upazila settle in for the evening, a group of 30 vigilantes gear up to keep an eye on the Halda River to stop the indiscriminate fishing of broodfish.

The High Court today grants bail to a leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) who was jailed for two years for carrying an illegal firearm and vote rigging during Union Parishad election in Hathazari upazila of Chittagong.