FM Mizanur Rahaman

With the demise of Hefajat-e-Islam chief Shah Ahmad Shafi, several anti-government elements, including the Jamaat-e-Islami, have moved to establish control over the Islamist outfit and its stronghold, Hathazari madrasa, claim several Hefajat leaders.

With the demise of Hefajat-e-Islam chief Shah Ahmad Shafi, several anti-government elements, including the Jamaat-e-Islami, have moved to establish control over the Islamist outfit and its stronghold, Hathazari madrasa, claim several Hefajat leaders.

The Education ministry yesterday ordered to shut down Al Jameyatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam Madrasa, commonly known as Hathazari madrasa, until further notice citing the madrasa authorities’ disregard to some conditions on which it was permitted to resume academic activities in August.

The family of a 33-year-old man has accused Rab members of torturing him to death in custody in Chattogram city.

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.

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.

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.

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.

“I’ve come from the PMO. I am an adviser to the prime minister.”

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).

Police claimed to have arrested two ATM fraudsters from port city’s Agrabad commercial area on Tuesday night.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Chattogram district administration and metropolitan police distributed relief materials to 480 poor and low-income families yesterday.

Ensuring Intensive Care Unit (ICU) facilities for patients remains a major challenge to tackle coronavirus in Chattogram, according to the authorities concerned.