Arun Bikash Dey

Two lovers. Between them stood the biggest obstacle imaginable -- death itself.

After struggling with cancer for over a year, Fahmida Kamal died in a hospital in Chattogram today.

If one takes a right turn from Bahaddarhat intersection in the port city, they’ll find Khaza Road, and after walking further down the road they would reach Bolir Haat, one of the largest furniture hubs in the country.

Be it a weekend or work day, readers from all age groups are rushing to the Amar Ekushey Book Fair, at the MA Aziz Stadium Gymnasium premises in the port city, since its inauguration on February 20.

Arun Bikash DeyAmong the many problems that consume a metro, the one that has become a headache for port city dwellers is poor waste management.

Defying all odds, a century-old ayurvedic psychiatric treatment centre in Chattogram is proudly operational, serving patients, especially insolvent ones, with love and care.

The family that lost five siblings after a pickup truck ran them over was hoping against hope that another member would survive the accident, but it proved to be in vain yesterday.

Pedestrians in the port city cannot walk on footpaths for more than 200 yards at a stretch uninterruptedly. The reason: illegal occupation by vendors, hawkers and shopkeepers.

Roktim Shil, one of seven victims in the tragic road accident in Chakaria that saw death of five brothers, is now fighting for life at Intensive Care Unit of Chattogram General Hospital (CGH).

The peak season for dried fish has kept producers in Chattogram busy at work, with collection, sorting, drying, piling, warming, packing and storing going on in full swing.

The Covid-19 positivity rate in the port city has been showing a downward trend for four consecutive days now.

Kidney patients suffered badly as dialysis services remained halted for seven hours at two public hospitals in the capital and Chattogram yesterday.

The open market sale (OMS) service of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) had brought much relief to the low- and lower-middle income groups in Chattogram district recently, as prices of daily essentials shot up in retail markets.

While going for a morning walk in port city’s Central Railway Building (CRB) area on Thursday, Abdul Aziz, a resident of Kazir Dewri, was taken aback after seeing a notice that read “This road has been closed permanently for public use; kindly use an alternative road”.

Researchers in Chattogram have found that around 75 percent of Covid-19 patients at two major port city hospitals were infected by the Omicron variant.

Most intersections on the streets of Chattogram do not have any footbridge. Hence, pedestrians at these intersections are compelled to cross the roads, putting their lives at risk.

Six Awami League leaders have been entrusted to resolve intra-party feud in AL’s Chattogram city unit.

Covid-19 positivity rate reached 28 percent from 12.29 percent in Chattogram yesterday, doubling in only 24 hours.

Increasing by double in the span of 24 hours, Covid-19 positivity rate has hit around 28% in Chattogram today.

On the second day of the new 11-point health guidelines, people were seen roaming port city roads and riding public vehicles without adhering to the new regulations.