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Pandit Swarnamoy launches album in port city

A cultural evening featuring renditions of Pandit Swarnamoy Chakraborty was held in the port city on Saturday. On the occasion of launching his first vocal classical CD, Classical Music Students Forum Chittagong organised the programme at AK Khan Auditorium of Fulki.
31 July 2017, 18:00 PM
31 July 2017, 18:00 PM
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Rice stocked illegally

A departmental probe body yesterday said there was 63.1 tonnes of excess rice in Chittagong silos, a day after the regional controller
20 July 2017, 18:00 PM
20 July 2017, 18:00 PM
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Whose rice is it anyway?

As many as 155 tonnes of rice seized in the port city while being smuggled out of government depots was packed in jute sacks bearing the insignia of the Directorate General of Food. The directorate, however, claimed the rice seized from seven trucks was not theirs.
19 July 2017, 18:00 PM
19 July 2017, 18:00 PM
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Cracks in Ctg bridge days before its launch

A bridge in Chittagong's Chandanaish upazila sagged just two days before its inauguration last month.
14 July 2017, 18:00 PM
14 July 2017, 18:00 PM
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Chittagong pays tribute to Hemanta Mukhopadhyay

Music enthusiasts of the port city enjoyed an enchanting musical evening that featured songs of legendary singer Hemanta
5 July 2017, 18:00 PM
5 July 2017, 18:00 PM

Recommendations to save hills fall on deaf ears

It has been 10 years since the technical committee of the Divisional Hill Management Committee (HMC) came up with 36 recommendations to protect the hills in the port city and its nearby areas to avert future loss in landslides.
17 June 2017, 18:00 PM
17 June 2017, 18:00 PM
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Thousands at risk of landslide

Thousands of people living on the slopes of hills in Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts and Cox's Bazar are exposed to landslides in the rainy season due to cutting of hills and unauthorised use of public land.
13 June 2017, 18:00 PM
13 June 2017, 18:00 PM
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A silent soldier of pantomime

Pantomime is a powerful art medium which has the ability to touch the heart of the audience with silence.
6 June 2017, 18:00 PM
6 June 2017, 18:00 PM
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A year on, no charge sheet yet

Tomorrow is the first death anniversary of Mahmuda Khanam Mitu, wife of former superintendent of police Babul Akhter.
3 June 2017, 18:00 PM
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Mora Impact: Port city sees heavy rain, waterlogging

Though the city dwellers escaped a possible onslaught of cyclone Mora, the port city experienced severe waterlogging hours after the
31 May 2017, 18:00 PM
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French Week celebrations in Chittagong

In collaboration with Chittagong University, Alliance Française de Chittagong has organised the second edition of the French Week n the port city to celebrate French culture in all its diversity. The five-day long French Week features various events including a graphic exhibition.
26 April 2017, 18:00 PM
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A 16 hour ordeal

In the afternoon of March 15, Shahadat Hossain was enjoying the 100th test cricket match of Bangladesh on television at his elder sister's apartment in a two-storey building, Chayaneer, in Premtala area of Sitakunda.
16 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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Preema holds solo exhibit “Objectified” at Bistaar

In present patriarchal society, women are constantly deprived or oppressed. They are treated as an object rather than a human being.
1 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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Classical dance school Nrityanjoli opens in Chittagong

Nrityanjoli, a classical school of dance initiated by alternative educational institute Fulki, launched its journey with a colourful cultural programme at Theatre Institute, Chittagong (TIC) in the port city recently.
10 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Investigation starts

Police have started investigating the alleged involvement of militant suspect Abdul Gaffer in a case filed for grenade attacks at two
24 January 2017, 18:00 PM
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Sadarang holds classical music conference in Chittagong

A three-day classical music conference was concluded in the port city on Friday night.
14 January 2017, 18:00 PM
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Ctg road ravaged by development work

After renovation, following repeated protests by local residents, it had been the best road in Chittagong city. But
21 November 2016, 18:00 PM
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Nobanno festival observed in port city

Residents of Chittagong joyously celebrated the traditional harvesting festival of Nobanno Utsab that is held in the Bangla
16 November 2016, 18:00 PM

A year on, no headway in Ctg's Mehedi murder probe

A year has passed since Jubo League city unit activist Mehedi Hasan Badal was shot dead by miscreants, but the probe
10 September 2016, 18:00 PM
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CPJA holds photo exhibition

Aiming at enhancing social immediacy between India and Bangladesh, a three-day photo exhibition of photojournalists from
3 September 2016, 18:00 PM
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Confiscate properties of Mir Quasem

Victims and their families now demand that the state confiscate all moveable and immovable properties of convicted war
30 August 2016, 18:00 PM
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Five get death sentence

A Chittagong court yesterday handed down death penalty to five people, including a man and his son, for killing Himadri Majumder Himu in 2012.
14 August 2016, 18:00 PM
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27 anti-terror cases stuck

Trial proceedings of 27 cases involving terror and militant activities remain halted in different Chittagong courts, which have been
22 July 2016, 18:00 PM
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Large parts of embankment damaged in Banshkhali

People in the coastal areas of Banshkhali upazila in Chittagong fear of more floods ahead as cyclone Roanu had badly damaged large portions of an embankment.
23 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Villages wear deserted look for raids

The houses are mostly shut from inside. The males are hardly seen anywhere. The villages seem deserted.
20 May 2016, 18:00 PM
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Substandard food trade rampant in port city

Nothing beats good food and great company. Be it an occasion or celebration, friends or family members constantly get together at a restaurant or order food from outside to save time and energy.
17 May 2016, 18:00 PM
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A treat for Chittagong viewers

In response to great demand from TV viewers in greater Chittagong region, the Chittagong Centre of Bangladesh Television will extend its two-hour long programmes to six-hours everyday. All that waits is the formal inauguration of the TV centre by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
15 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Meter use mandatory from tomorrow

Around 13,000 CNG-run auto rickshaws in Chittagong city have to start charging fares on meters tomorrow, an initiative aimed at
30 January 2016, 18:00 PM

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