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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
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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
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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
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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
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‘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
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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
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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
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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
Gas Crisis

Burners with no flame

Every morning, Shuvechchha Ghosh, a resident of Chattogram city’s Askar Dighir Par area, wakes up being worried for her three-year-old son.
2 January 2024, 18:00 PM
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Voters apprehensive amid pre-polls violence

Sixty-year-old Md Ibrahim, a farmer in Dhalghat Camp area under Patiya upazila, witnessed almost all the national elections held in Bangladesh so far.
30 December 2023, 18:00 PM
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AL high command instructs local leaders to work for BSP candidate

The Awami League high command has instructed leaders and activists to work for Bangladesh Supreme Party (BSP) chairman Syed Saifuddin Ahmed Maijbhandari in Chattogram-2 (Fatikchhari) constituency despite fielding a party candidate
29 December 2023, 17:01 PM
The BNP office in the port city remains padlocked since October 28. BNP’s Chattogram city unit office at Kazir Dewri opened on December 14 only for a few hours to observe Martyred Intellectuals Day.

Most Ctg BNP men on the run to evade arrest

Most BNP leaders and activists in Chattogram went into hiding to evade arrest or “police harassment” since the incidents of violence during the party’s rally on October 28.
27 December 2023, 18:00 PM
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Most Ctg BNP men on the run to evade arrest

Most BNP leaders and activists in Chattogram went into hiding to evade arrest or "police harassment" since the incidents of violence during the party's rally on October 28
27 December 2023, 15:01 PM
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Govt official vying for polls in Ctg-4

A government official is contesting the upcoming national polls as an independent candidate from Chattogram-4 constituency, hiding his professional identity in the nomination papers.
25 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Battery-run rickshaw drivers protest in Chattogram

Violence, electioneering go hand in hand in Ctg

Violence marred the first five days of election campaigns across different constituencies in Chattogram.
22 December 2023, 18:00 PM
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Four-way contest for Chattogram-2

Chattogram-2 (Fatikchhari) constituency will witness a four-way contest in the upcoming elections. The Awami League candidate Khadizatul Anwar Sony, a
22 December 2023, 18:00 PM
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Sporadic violence worries voters in Chattogram

A spate of violence in the first five days of the election campaigning has left voters worried in Chattogram
22 December 2023, 14:29 PM
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Boalkhali-Chandgaon: Ctg-8 to get fourth lawmaker in 5 years

The  Chattogram-8 (Boalkhali-Chandgaon) constituency will get its fourth lawmaker in five years in the upcoming national polls.
20 December 2023, 18:00 PM
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Tough battle ahead for AL candidates in Ctg

With three independent candidates winning back their candidacy following appeals to the Election Commission, Awami League candidates are likely to face tough competition in three Chattogram constituencies in the upcoming polls.
16 December 2023, 18:00 PM
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‘Revise design of newly-built Shaheed Minar’

Port city residents, cultural activists urge authorities
14 December 2023, 15:40 PM
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A step towards easing traffic woes

Fouzderhat-Bayezid Link Road, after being inaugurated on November 14, has become an important bypass road in Chattogram.
12 December 2023, 18:00 PM
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Chattogram-11: AL’s MA Latif's annual income dips, movable assets double

Awami League nominated candidate for Chattogram-11 (Bandar-Patenga) constituency MA Latif's annual income has fallen by about Tk 7.5 lakh in the past five years, but his movable property doubled during this time
2 December 2023, 10:44 AM
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AL to face challenges from within

Although BNP and its allies have boycotted the next parliamentary elections slated for January 7 next year, candidates nominated by Awami League in 16 constituencies of Chattogram will not go uncontested.
29 November 2023, 18:00 PM
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Patients suffer as CT scan service halted for a month

Many patients are being deprived of CT scan service at Chattogram Medical College Hospital for a month as the hospital’s lone CT scan machine has been out of order since October.
28 November 2023, 18:00 PM
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Jatishangha Park getting new life

With the renovation works going on in full swing, Jatishangha Park located in Panchlaish Residential Area in the port city will be restored to its former glory soon.
21 November 2023, 18:00 PM
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Gas crisis hits port city

Chattogram city residents have been hit hard by a severe gas crisis for around a month.
21 November 2023, 18:00 PM
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75pc dengue patients in Ctg infected with Den-2 serotype: study

At least 75 percent of dengue patients have been infected with Dengue 2 serotype in Chattogram this year while 11 percent with Dengue 1 and 14 percent with Dengue 3 serotypes, according to a study
15 November 2023, 20:00 PM
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Bangabandhu Tunnel Dream becomes reality

The inauguration of the Bangabandhu Tunnel by the prime minister today carries high hopes, with experts and locals anticipating that it will transform Chattogram into a city resembling Shanghai and boost industrial growth in the port city.
27 October 2023, 18:00 PM

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