Arun Bikash Dey

Halda is an important habitat for the endangered freshwater Gangetic Dolphin (Platanista gangetica). Dolphins are an integral part of the area’s ecosystem and their conservation is vital to the survival of a wide range of aquatic and endangered species, including turtles, gharials and otters.

The river Karnaphuli is considered to be what holds the port city, ie the life of Chattogram.

"If there were no EVMs, I would have ‘collected’ votes at night. You [people] go to the polling station and vote with your fingerprints. If you can't, I will put people there to press the EVM button.”

Even though the historic Laldighi Maidan was renovated over a year ago, the ground hasn’t been officially reopened, depriving children of a place to play.

The lone brachytherapy machine at Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) has been out of order for over three months, forcing cancer patients to suffer.

In honour of the sacrifice of the first Bengali revolutionary nationalist and first Bengali woman who fought against the division of Bengal,Pritilata Waddedar, the government has named a 12km road from Chattogram’s Patiya upazila to Boalkhali upazila after her.

The only brachytherapy machine, a type of internal radiation therapy that is often used to treat cancers, of Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) has been out of order for over three months bringing suffering to the patients.

The tension between the Kordata Surakhkha Parishad Chattogram and the followers of city Mayor Rezaul Karim Chowdhury over holding tax is heating up.

There has been a sudden increase in conjunctivitis (inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye) patients in Chattogram city for over two weeks.

The number of dengue patients is on the rise in Chattogram despite the city corporation regularly conducting anti-mosquito drives.

When Arko Dutta, a fourth grader, was returning from school with his mother, he noticed a library near Dr Khastagir Government Girls’ High School in Chattogram’s Jamal Khan intersection.

Both BNP and Awami League are trying to take control over the thoroughfares in Chattogram city ahead of the next parliamentary elections.

People from low- and middle-income groups in Chattogram have been facing difficult times to maintain their livelihood with the rising prices of daily essentials.

Abdullah Ashraf, a resident of the port city’s Monsurabad, was surprised when he received a notice from Chattogram City Corporation tax last month to pay holding.

Guava farmers of south Chattogram region are all smiles as they had a bumper production this year and are now busy collecting, packaging and selling the fruits to traders.

Cancer patients in Chattogram have been suffering for over a week as the radiotherapy machine at Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) has gone out of order on August 16.

Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) authorities are going to dedicate specific spots for putting up posters in the port city.   

Many residents in certain areas of the port city have been suffering from diarrhoea for a week. A good number of those affected have been admitted to hospitals due to deteriorating health conditions.

A picnic was organised to boost the morale of a batch of SSC and HSC students, but the smiling faces in the group photo taken yesterday morning will remain a poignant reminder that some of those lives were cruelly cut short mere hours later.

The stealing of medicine from different wards of Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) has not stopped despite the authorities’ initiatives to stop it from occurring.