Port city traffic control yet to go digital
Even after 48 years of its establishment, Chattogram Metropolitan Police has yet to bring the entire city under a full-fledged digital signal-controlled traffic system.
17 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Openly sold in markets, folding knives now deadly weapon of choice in Ctg
The small, concealable weapons are particularly popular among teen gangs
16 November 2025, 13:36 PM
4 Sensational murders: Ctg police yet to make headway
11 November 2025, 18:42 PM
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Use SMG burst-fire to deal with armed criminals
After repeated shootings in the port city, Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) Commissioner Habib Aziz has directed police officers to keep SMGs in “burst-fire mode” and use them to neutralise any armed terrorists encountered.
11 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Keep SMGs in burst-fire mode when facing armed terrorists: CMP chief
Directive meant for gangs like Sazzad Bahini, Yasin Bahini and others, he says
11 November 2025, 13:59 PM
Raozan gripped by fear amid BNP factional feud
Since August 5 last year, residents of Chattogram’s Raozan have been gripped by a sense of constant insecurity, as rival politicians fight for dominance in the absence of effective police action, leaving behind a string of politically motivated killings.
1 November 2025, 18:17 PM
Businessman shot dead in Ctg: Gunmen still unidentified
Police probing sand trading disputes, political rivalry in Raozan
8 October 2025, 19:19 PM
Hakim murder: Police arrest four, probe sand trading, political links
Police have yet to identify the armed assailants who shot businessman Md Abdul Hakim to death in Madunaghat in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila on Tuesday.
8 October 2025, 18:00 PM
‘Rab trying to frame’ trader
The family of a businessman has accused a Rab team of arresting him in a false arms case because of his rivalry with a business partner in Anwara upazila of Chattogram.
22 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Chakaria ‘Shootout’: Was Jafar a drug dealer?
Md Jafar, who was killed in a police “shootout” along with two others in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar on July 31, used to run a drug syndicate in Bandarban, Patiya and Chakaria, intelligence sources say.
18 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Chakoria ‘Crossfire’ Victims: Expatriate killed ‘for money’
The eldest son of a Bangladeshi expatriate in Oman, Md Jafar used to run a human haulier to support his family in Chattogram’s Patiya.
17 August 2020, 18:00 PM
New drug circulating in port city: Rab
Members of law enforcement agencies in Chattogram have expressed concern over the recent smuggling of a new kind of drug, phenethylamine, a powder like substance similar to cocaine, in the country, after recovery of a consignment.
16 August 2020, 18:00 PM
When Shahed hoodwinked four officials of CMP
“I’ve come from the PMO. I am an adviser to the prime minister.”
15 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Century-old pond being filled up in port city
A large part of a century-old pond has been filled up in Chattogram city’s Halishahar area, ignoring instruction of the Department of Environment (DoE).
7 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Man involved in ATM fraud in 3 cities held
Police claimed to have arrested two ATM fraudsters from port city’s Agrabad commercial area on Tuesday night.
24 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Cops slap curbs on movement
Police yesterday stepped up measures to restrict movement of people and vehicles nationwide during the Eid holidays with an aim to curb further spread of the novel coronavirus.
17 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Wonderful one-minute bazaar
Imagine entering a market in your locality that has essentials like rice, potatoes, vegetables, facemasks, and soaps maintaining social distance, and that too for free!
16 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Drug peddlers active in Ctg amid shutdown
While the entire country works to contain the spread of coronavirus, drug peddlers are finding ways to dodge law enforcers to continue their business in the port city, even during the lockdown.
4 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Three ‘Neo-JMB men’ held
Militants who allegedly carried out a bomb blast at a traffic police box of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) in February learned bomb-making online, said Counter Terrorism unit of CMP yesterday.
4 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Ctg transport workers bear brunt of outbreak
Thousands of transport workers in the port city are facing financial troubles due to the ongoing government declared shutdown to contain the spread of novel coronavirus.
8 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Ctg jail inmates make 4,000 masks
A group of prisoners in Chattogram Central Jail have made 4000 face masks in last eight days, to be used as a precautionary measure against a possible coronavirus outbreak inside the jail.
31 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Inmates at Chattogram Central Jail make 4,000 masks
Ten prisoners at Chattogram Central Jail have made 4,000 facemasks in the last eight days in an attempt to better protect themselves from the coronavirus.
31 March 2020, 13:30 PM
Ctg admin in aid of the destitute
The Chattogram district administration and metropolitan police distributed relief materials to 480 poor and low-income families yesterday.
29 March 2020, 18:00 PM
ICU facilities a major concern
Ensuring Intensive Care Unit (ICU) facilities for patients remains a major challenge to tackle coronavirus in Chattogram, according to the authorities concerned.
25 March 2020, 18:00 PM
No candidate sitting idle
Although somewhat overshadowed by the candidates of Awami League and BNP, five other mayoral aspirants in Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) polls have been conducting their election campaigns in the port city at full strength.
16 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Cuet students begin vacating dormitories
Fearing the spread of coronavirus, students of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (Cuet) are leaving campus and dormitories, despite assurance from authorities of “taking preparations” against it.
15 March 2020, 18:00 PM
An eco-friendly campaign
Come election time, one thing remains common among all candidates -- using posters for publicity.
11 March 2020, 18:00 PM
An environment-friendly election campaign
Shunning the poster culture in elections, an AL-backed ward councillor candidate in the Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) election has titled his campaign “Healthy Ward” and is going for a poster-free campaign.
11 March 2020, 12:32 PM