FM Mizanur Rahaman

According to sources, one Rafiq introduced the illicit business in the Barisal Colony area in 1990 and controlled the drug trade, in a syndicate with Monir, Faruk, Salamat, Yusuf, "Honda" Bahar and "CNG" Jasim.

Two alleged drug dealers were killed in a "shootout" with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) at Chittagong's Barisal Colony last Thursday (May 17), but business has not remained suspended even for a day.

Mohammed Amin -- father of Tasfia Amin, whose body was found on concrete blocks at embankment of the Karnaphuli in the city's Patenga Naval area on May 3 -- yesterday demanded investigation to determine if there was involvement of any third party in the incident.

It has been 26 days since a mechanical engineer from Chittagong has remained missing.

Investigators have been hunting the CNG-run auto-rickshaw and its driver which carried Tasfia Amin from Chittagong city's Golpahar area on May 2 after coming out from city a restaurant.

The conflicts among different political groups in the Chittagong Hill Tracts over establishing supremacy have left an estimated 600 people killed since signing of the CHT Peace Accord in 1997.

Police are trying to find out answers of several questions over the mysterious death of Tasfia Amin, a ninth grader of Sunshine Grammar School and College in Chittagong, whose body was recovered from the Naval Road area of Patenga on Wednesday morning.

Meet Nurul Huda. Not so long ago, he used to work as a helper of a bus. Day in day out, Nurul tended to travellers on the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf route.

The general secretary of Chattogram city unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has assaulted a college principal on the campus on

Following the example of Assistant Sub-inspector Shariful Islam, another policeman showed generosity by helping an HSC (Higher

Police yesterday arrested two people in connection with the gruesome murder of Jubo League activist Mohiuddin Mohid, who was hacked to death allegedly by a group of Awami League men in Dakshin Madham Halishahar area of Chittagong city on Monday.

A section of smugglers are allegedly operating transport agencies in Chittagong and Cox's Bazar to move drugs under cover, say insiders and investigators.

Two months have passed since Jubo Dal leader Harunur Rashid Chowdhury was shot to death by a group of alleged Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Jubo League activists in Chittagong city on December 3 last year, but there is no significant progress in the case as of now.

The two Marma sisters, one of whom was allegedly raped and the other sexually assaulted by members of security forces last week, are undergoing treatment at Rangamati Sadar Hospital under tight security.

Three law enforcers, including a sub-inspector, were taken into police custody yesterday in connection with the killing of a man in a police firing. The incident took place at Telipara village in Bhatiyari area under Sitakunda upazila on Wednesday night.

A madrasa student in Chittagong city has remained "traceless" since he went out of the religious school around three

Law enforcers are concerned about a new variety of yaba, because unlike the conventional pills, these are yellow, odourless and large enough to be mistaken for prescription drugs.

Chittagong Jubo Dal leader Harunur Rashid Chowdhury, who was murdered in broad daylight in the city's Kadamtali area on Sunday, was targeted for his firm stance against the extortion allegedly by BCL men, claimed family and co-workers.

It has been one long year. The body of Diaz Irfan Chowdhury, assistant secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) central committee, was mysteriously found hanging in his flat near Chittagong University campus on today's date.

In a busy city like Chittagong, where around 60 lakh of its commuters have to spend a huge chunk of time on roads, there are only 43 public toilets for them.