Chattogram Wasa: ‘Tk 100cr lost every year to ‘system loss’
In the last fiscal year, 30 percent of Chattogram Wasa’s water was wasted, resulting in significant revenue loss.
22 November 2024, 18:10 PM
Back to square one following futile excavation
Within just two years after excavation by Bangladesh Water Development Board, the Leinga canal at Chattogram's Karnaphuli upazila has been filled up once again.
20 November 2024, 20:30 PM
Illegal structures pose accident risk
Numerous illegal structures, including makeshift shops, have sprung up along the Sholoshahar-Nazirhat rail tracks in Oxygen level crossing area of Chattogram city.
4 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Level crossing: Illegal structures pose accident risk
Numerous illegal structures, including makeshift shops, have sprung up along the Sholoshahar-Nazirhat rail tracks in Oxygen level crossing area of Chattogram city
4 November 2024, 15:00 PM
Kalurghat Bridge reopens: Sufferings over... finally!
The authorities opened the Kalurghat Bridge on Karnaphuli river in Chattogram to traffic today upon completion of repair works for 15 months
27 October 2024, 13:49 PM
Halda fishers struggle for survival
A loan programme intended to offer alternative livelihoods to fishermen affected by the fishing ban in the Halda river has failed to meet its objectives, resulting in a waste of public funds.
26 October 2024, 21:31 PM
Forestland given away for illegal sand lifting
In a move that violates laws, the Chattogram district administration has given permission to a foreign contractor to lift sand from a portion of the Ramgarh-Sitakunda reserve forest in Chattogram’s Jiltali area for a road widening project.
20 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Chattogram Waterfalls: Scenic wonders or death traps?
Mahbub Hasan, a bank official, went to visit Khoiyachhara Waterfall in Chattogram on September 27 this year.
12 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Goat rearing makes Selina solvent
Selina Akter, 35, and her husband Khorshed Alam, 45, from Sreemangal upazila in Moulvibazar, moved to Chattogram’s Bayezid Bostami area in 2008 and opened a roadside tea stall.
3 October 2024, 19:22 PM
Huge loss, little compensation
Md Harun, a 55-year-old farmer, was seen replanting paddy seedlings in his field at Paindong union in Chattogram’s Fatikchhari upazila. His 4 acres of paddy crops were damaged due to flood recently.
20 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Lack of ferry service plagues locals
Parvez Anowar, a businessperson, was seen washing mud from his legs at Kumira Ghat in Chattogram. He just reached there after having to tread through muddy water at Guptachhara Ghat in Sandwip upazila to get on a boat.
18 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Six years on, wage board yet to be implemented
Mokbul Hossain, 48, a cutter in the shipbreaking industry, lives in a two-room rented house with his family of six in Kadamrasul, Sitakunda, Chattogram.
17 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Patenga beach falls victim to encroachment
The Patenga beach in the port city is at risk of losing its natural beauty as illegal structures keep sprouting along the seaside in the absence of effective measures from the authorities concerned.
8 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Workplace safety still a far cry
Cutter-man Sahab Uddin died after falling from a scrap ship at a shipbreaking yard in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila on May 29 last year.
8 September 2024, 18:00 PM
From homes to hopes, everything washed away
His house collapsed in a flash in the floodwater. Mohammed Shahjahan, a 55-year-old, lost everything in his residence and took shelter in a relative’s house.
30 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Flood raises spectre of diseases
A week into the ongoing flood situation in the country, outbreaks of waterborne disease are being reported from affected districts.
29 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Floods upend lives of thousands
The extent of devastation from the floods is becoming visible as the waters are receding.
28 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Inaugurated but inaccessible
The first elevated expressway in Chattogram city has yet to open to traffic, even though over eight months have passed since its inauguration in November last year.
16 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Freight train suspension deepens Ctg port’s container congestion
The suspension began on August 3
11 August 2024, 14:13 PM
Innocent people get caught up in violence
Mohammed Ashik, 23, who works at a mobile repairing shop in Chattogram city’s Reazuddin Bazar, was going to his workplace around 11:20am when he found himself in the line of fire as activists of Jubo League and Chhatra League were shooting at protesters yesterday.
4 August 2024, 18:00 PM