Mostafa Yousuf

Last week, a group of people were seen scouting the beaches of Saint Martin’s island with a large net in hand. They were capturing dogs, and strangling them to death one by one, using a metal contraption.

Spectra Engineering Limited, contractor of a road construction project between the port city’s Bayezid area and Dhaka-Chattogram highway razed hills on 92,700 square feet of land in the last few years.

There’s a biscuit for every hour of the day. We start the morning dipping toast biscuits in tea, we go into midday on savory biscuits, and munch on low-cal crackers when on diet.

Politicians made promises, the courts gave directives, National River Conservation Commission urged actions and finally, last year a master plan was formulated to save the Karnaphuli river from pollution and encroachment.

Structures built by him encroached on the Bakkhali, a key river in Cox’s Bazar. Besides, a huge amount of garbage is dumped into the waterbody every day at his instruction.

Fulki, a cultural and educational institution of the port city, has organised a three-day children-youth cultural festival, which begins today.

Violating the limit and conditions set by the Department of Environment (DoE), a private power plant in Chattogram has been producing 75 megawatts of unauthorised electricity polluting the air.

No amount of fines has been able to stop businesses from cutting hills in Chattogram’s Mirsarai and Sitakunda upazilas, putting the environment at risk.

With Chattogram-8 by-polls around two weeks away, BNP has expressed fears of vote rigging.

It was by way of a tragedy that an impoverished village came to the attention of the upazila administration and the life of the villagers took a turn for the better.

An earthen road illegally built by miscreants in a reserve forest in Hathazari Range was destroyed by upazila administration along with the forest department, who feared it would facilitate the stealing of forest resources from the rich reserve forest of Chattogram.

Bangladesh Institute of Theatre Arts (BITA) staged the play, Jaal, on the occasion of their silver jubilee at Theatre Institute Chattogram (TIC), recently. A large audience attended the programme.

Revisiting the golden era of Bangla films, HSBC Bangladesh recently hosted a delightful musical programme, titled Gaan Hoye Ele, at Radisson Blu in Chattogram.

Feni University, a privately owned institution in the district’s Sadar upazila, has been filling up a century-old waterbody disregarding several notices from Department of Environment.

The Ministry of Industries has slapped a three-month ban on Khaja Ship Breaking Yard at Sitakunda upazila from buying scrapped vessels or securing any locally, after an investigation revealed poor workplace safety at the yard -- a violation of Ship Breaking and Recycling Rules-2011.

With bright lights all around, colourful seating arrangements to watch the sun rise or set, ample number of jetties stretching from shore into the water and a wide boardwalk to stroll with family or friends, Patenga beach has become a much sought-after destination not just for port city residents but for others too.

The Rural Electrification Board plans to install 457 kilometres of power lines through forests in eight districts, a move vehemently opposed by the forest department.

Nironjon Das, a fisherman of Jele Para in Hathazari upazila, spent his life comfortably like his forefathers, by fishing for a living.

A woman died apparently from electrocution in Chattogram yesterday with the Rural Electrification Board (REB) officials disregarding villagers’ complaint to fix an electricity line.

Locals struggle to source water for daily needs as thousands of shallow tube wells installed in Ukhia and Teknaf upazilas in 2017 to meet the water demands of more than a million Rohingya refugees have been taking a toll on ground water levels.