FM Mizanur Rahaman

On Sunday, Rezaul Karim Kusum Chowdhury was waiting at Chattogram’s 6th Metropolitan Magistrate Court for a bail petition hearing for his nephew Talha Mahmood Chowdhury, who was arrested in a violence case over the quota reform protests.

Investigations into at least 965 cases filed with different police stations under Chattogram Metropolitan Police are currently halted due to delay in issuance of medical reports in connection with the cases by Chattogram Medical College Hospital.

Chattogram Metropolitan Police has recommended dismissal of its Additional Deputy Commissioner Md Kamrul Hasan after an internal probe found him guilty of misappropriating Tk 13.31 lakh.

A Chattogram court yesterday sentenced eight employees of a construction firm to seven years in jail in a case filed over the collapse of Bahaddarhat Flyover girders that killed 13 people and injured 27 others.

Blacksmiths in Chattogram city are passing a busy time ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha, making and sharpening tools for sacrificial animals.

Although the incident was discovered in the afternoon of May 29, neither the bank officials nor the client has lodged a complaint so far

Residents of different rural areas under 15 upazilas in Chattogram are grappling with an acute crisis of water.

The Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defense Party (VDP) has expressed its intention to provide security for foreign establishments and protection of VVIPs abroad “to contribute to the country’s economy and image”, similar to their role in Bangladesh.

Residents in Boalkhali upazila of Chattogram are in a state of panic following giant mealybug infestation in the area for the past several days.

It has sent a letter to home ministry for permission saying, if approved, it will bring remittance and honour to country

The Chattogram port was filled with sighs of relief as the 23 crew members of MV Abdullah finally reached home yesterday afternoon.

Exactly a month after being freed from the clutches of Somali Pirates, crewmembers of MV Abdullah returned to Chattogram port yesterday. They arrived via lighter vessel MV Jahan Moni-3.

The family members, who gathered at the port, were elated to their loved ones return home about a month after the ship was released by Somali pirates

Alhaj Shamsul Hoque Foundation (ASHF), who has been given charge of children and elderlies at Child and Old Age Care run by Milton Samadder, today said they were taking responsibilities temporarily

Most of the markets and shopping malls in the port city have been marked as risky in terms of fire safety, according to a recent survey of Fire Service and Civil Defence in Chattogram.

Demonstrating students of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (Cuet) late last night suspended their protest upon assurances from the university authorities that their major demands would be met.

Police yesterday arrested the driver of the bus that rammed a motorcycle carrying three students of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology on April 22, leaving two of them dead and the other critically injured.

Amid widespread fear in the hills of Bandarban following last week’s bank robberies and attacks on security personnel, the government has said it will be tough on the regional armed group Kuki-Chin National Front.

Law enforcers along with army and border guards will start a joint operation against armed group Kuki-Chin National Front in Bandarban from today.

With Eid-ul-Fitr knocking at the door, vermicelli (semai in Bangla) makers in Chattogram city are having a busy time.