Sifayet Ullah

Thousands stranded as island’s key transport link shuts down amid octane crisis

Potluck parties and shared meals at Patenga beach, Karnaphuli riverbanks becoming a Ramadan trend in Chattogram

Inadequate parking, narrow roads and roadside passenger drop-offs clog key intersections

Hundreds of residents in Chattogram are struggling to get enough water as saltwater intrusion in the Halda River and reduced releases from Kaptai Lake have sharply curtailed freshwater production of the Chattogram Water and Sewerage Authority.

Voters in Chattogram-8 (Boalkhali–Chandgaon) are growing increasingly confused as tensions between Jamaat-e-Islami and its alliance partner National Citizen Party (NCP) intensify, disrupting coordinated campaigning and creating uncertainty at the grassroots ahead of the polls.

At around 11:30am yesterday, a group of five stepped down from a CNG auto-rickshaw at the Badurtala Boro Garage intersection in Chattogram. Two men and three women stood briefly by the roadside. One young man carried a hand microphone and a poster, while the others held leaflets.

Long before Foy’s Lake became a popular destination for leisure and tourism, it was created for a practical purpose.

A decade ago, travellers on the Dhaka–Chattogram highway could see lush hill forests and fertile fields while passing through Satkania. Today, the landscape is dominated by rows of brick kilns belching smoke and scarring the land.

A newly constructed kitchen market in the Gohira area of Raozan municipality in Chattogram has remained unused for nearly a year despite shops being handed over to the vendors.

Even after 21 months since the inauguration of Cox’s Bazar railway station, locker service is yet to be made available for passengers, leaving many tourists disappointed.

Bangladesh Railway’s revenue from container transportation, long regarded as its only reliably profitable operation, has fallen to its lowest level in nine years, raising concern among officials and service users.

The Chattogram City Corporation and Water Development Board are currently in a dispute over the demarcation of Kalirchhara canal in the port city’s Akbarshah area.

Ferry service on the Banshbaria–Sandwip route has been disrupted for the past six months after one of the two pontoons at Banshbaria ghat sank in the Sandwip Channel.

Located beside Krishi Farm Road in the heart of Hathazari upazila of Chattogram stands what is arguably one of the oldest surviving mosques in the division, the Fakir Mosque.

The Nashrat Shah Dighi in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila, a Sultanate-era reservoir dug in 1519, is on the verge of disappearing due to rampant grabbing.

Md Alamgir Hossain, manager of Morium Bhaban in Chattogram’s densely populated Akbar Shah area, spends three consecutive nights every week waiting by the motor switch for water from Chattogram Wasa.

The Forest Department and the Chattogram district administration are at odds over the control of  a forest land in Sitakunda upazila, where a recreational park has been developed after felling hundreds of trees.

As a result, the plant's operational costs fall far short of its expected revenue

With its large green dome and tall minaret atop a square brick structure, the Badr Awliya Shrine, built over 700 years ago during the Sultanate period, is among the oldest sites in Chattogram city.

Roads and Highways Department (RHD) razes hills in Chattogram's Ramgarh–Sitakunda reserve forest area to expand a road