Eid shopping frenzy grips Ctg
5 March 2026, 00:00 AM
With Eid-ul-Fitr drawing closer, Chattogram’s shopping malls and traditional markets are buzzing with eager crowds. From the fancy outlets of Nasirabad to the narrow wholesale lanes of Teri Bazar, shoppers are hunting for the perfect festive clothing.
5 March 2026, 00:00 AM
Malls, markets abuzz with crowds as Eid shopping frenzy grips Ctg
4 March 2026, 20:59 PM
This year, the demand is high for outfits with exotic names and intricate designs
4 March 2026, 20:59 PM
Forced to travel 250km for treatment
28 February 2026, 03:53 AM
Critical burn patients in the port city are being forced to travel over 250km to Dhaka for life-saving treatment due to a severe lack of facilities in Chattogram.
28 February 2026, 03:53 AM
Critical burn patients forced to travel 250km to Dhaka as Ctg lacks ICU facilities
26 February 2026, 12:22 PM
China-aided burn unit still 18 months away
26 February 2026, 12:22 PM
‘Can’t go home empty-handed’
26 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Shefali Akhter (pseudonym), a homemaker and resident of the Jamal Khan area in Chattogram, looked anxious as she clutched her phone, waiting for a call while standing in a long queue on Momin Road on Monday.
26 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Gas blast during sehri leaves family shattered
24 February 2026, 03:12 AM
The dining table of a second-floor flat in Halima Manjil was still set with dishes and leftovers from sehri when a sudden explosion tore through the apartment in Halishahar, Chattogram, early yesterday.
24 February 2026, 03:12 AM
Update / Blast in Ctg's Halishahar kills woman, injures eight family members
23 February 2026, 15:00 PM
Explosion reportedly caused by gas leak
23 February 2026, 15:00 PM
Ctg to have 2.2km cycling track on the Airport Road
20 February 2026, 00:00 AM
In a first for the port city, Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) has initiated construction of a dedicated cycling track along the scenic Airport Road.
20 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Challenges await new Ctg mayor Shahadat
Challenges await new Chattogram City Corporation mayor Shahadat Hossain with restoring discipline in the corporation will be his most challenging task
9 November 2024, 14:33 PM
Port city needs foot-over bridges
Every day, Laila Begum, a resident of High Level Road in the Lalkhan Bazar area, takes her daughter, an eighth grader, to school in the Jamal Khan area.
8 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Ctg grapples with frequent power cuts
Frequent power cuts over the last week have left residents of Chattogram suffering.
1 November 2024, 19:00 PM
In Ctg, footpaths not for pedestrians only
If one randomly walks through a footpath on any road in Chattogram city, they will almost always find the footpaths not suitable for walking, with those being largely occupied by vendors, hawkers, or even parked vehicles.
13 October 2024, 19:53 PM
Fatality rate more than double the national average
Health experts are concerned about the high fatality rate from dengue in Chattogram despite the relatively low number of hospital admissions.
12 September 2024, 18:00 PM
257 lives lost in accidents over last 2 decades
Over the past two decades, casualties have become a recurring tragedy at shipbreaking yards in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila.
7 September 2024, 21:30 PM
Ctg areas waterlogged as drain cleaning stalls
Multiple areas in Chattogram city have been facing waterlogging as regular drain clearing activities have been suspended for much of the last one month.
19 August 2024, 18:00 PM
MRI machine non-functional for 2yrs
Jahangir Alam, 65, suffered a brain stroke on Friday and was admitted to the Neuro Medicine Ward of Chittagong Medical College Hospital.
8 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Deadly Ctg drains get bamboo band-aid
Bamboo fences, that’s all the Chattogram City Corporation could come up with as a temporary solution to the problem of unguarded canals this monsoon, as projects worth crores of taka continue to linger on.
8 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Jatisangha Park remains off limits
Residents of port city are currently unable to use Jatisangha Park in Panchlaish due to delayed renovation work.
5 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Ctg food testing lab: Sitting idle for a bureaucratic tangle
Chattogram’s Modern Food Testing Laboratory, a Tk 34.4 crore project funded by the Asian Development Bank, remains inoperable despite construction being completed in December 2015.
29 June 2024, 18:00 PM
3 die in Ctg market fire
Three people were killed in a fire that broke out at the six-storey Mohammadia Plaza in the port city’s Riaz Uddin Bazar area early yesterday.
28 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Port city grapples with frequent power cuts
Shuvechha Ghosh, a resident of Askar Dighir Par area in Chattogram city, was finding it hard to put her toddler to sleep on Tuesday night, amid severe heat alongside frequent power cuts.
26 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Debunking tales of the Russell’s viper
Amid this mass panic, many “facts” being circulated about the snake fall in the realm of misinformation.
23 June 2024, 10:15 AM
Deadline extends, cost goes up but suffering lingers on
Every year, Chattogram sinks following rain, which washes away the tall claims of monsoon preparedness by the city corporation and Chattogram Development Authority.
21 May 2024, 18:00 PM
EPI vaccination resumes in Ctg after 5 months
The Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) for newborns resumed in Chattogram yesterday after remaining halted for almost five months amid a shortage of vaccines.
4 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Patients suffer as services remain halted
Medical service seekers in Chattogram suffered yesterday as doctors at private hospitals, clinics, and diagnostic centres enforced a 24-hour strike.
23 April 2024, 18:00 PM
A nuisance that makes no sense
Classmates Trisha Biswas and Salma Akter, both ninth graders, always return from school together to their homes in Katalganj Residential Area of Chattogram city.
23 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Patients with heat-related diseases on the rise in Ctg
A mild heat wave across Chattogram and adjoining districts has left people in the region suffering from various ailments including fever, cough, heat stroke, diarrhoea, headache and dizziness. Frequent power outages have added to the woes.
15 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Deaths in unprotected Ctg drains: Who is next?
In 2021, it was 10-year-old Kamal Uddin, 19-year-old Sheherin Mahmud Sadia, and 55-year-old vegetable vendor Saleh Ahmed.
2 April 2024, 18:00 PM