Clay and memory: Potters of Ctg village return only for Baishakh
14 April 2026, 15:56 PM
Once a thriving pottery hub, Fatikchhari's Kulalpara now revives its craft briefly for Bengla new year
14 April 2026, 15:56 PM
Trains on Chattogram-Sylhet route run hours late, commuters bear the brunt
10 April 2026, 12:19 PM
Weak tracks, engine shortage blamed as delays stretch upto 6 hours
10 April 2026, 12:19 PM
Elephant calf stoned to death in Bandarban
6 April 2026, 00:00 AM
A three-month-old elephant calf found dead in a reserve forest in Naikhyangchhari upazila was killed by stone blows, according to a post-mortem report.
6 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Elephant calf found in Bandarban was stoned to death
5 April 2026, 18:08 PM
Post mortem finds evidence of brain hemorrhage, case delayed due to jurisdiction confusion
5 April 2026, 18:08 PM
Kalurghat-Chaktai road project drags on for 9yrs
27 March 2026, 03:14 AM
The Kalurghat–Chaktai road and dyke project in Chattogram has remained unfinished for nine years despite four deadline extensions.
27 March 2026, 03:14 AM
Eid revives Ctg’s fading handmade shoe industry
18 March 2026, 00:00 AM
A nearly tangible sense of urgency permeates the air as workers focus on a variety of tasks. A group of them are cutting leather pieces while others attach soles with glue. Some focus on decorative designs while another group packs finished shoes for delivery.
18 March 2026, 00:00 AM
Locomotive shortage: Only one pair of Eid special trains to run from Ctg
15 March 2026, 01:19 AM
A severe shortage of locomotives has forced Bangladesh Railway (BR) to keep Eid special train services from Chattogram to a minimum for the second consecutive year, causing suffering to home-goers.
15 March 2026, 01:19 AM
Hathazari in Chattogram / Historic WWII airbase lies in ruins
13 March 2026, 00:00 AM
The Hathazari Airfield, a World War II–era airbase in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila and a site of historic importance, has been lying in a state of decay due to decades of neglect.
13 March 2026, 00:00 AM
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
Why did they shoot my boy?
“If my son had committed any crime, they (police) could have arrested him, but why did they shoot my boy?” said Khorsheda Begum while sitting beside her son Ziaul Hoque, 20, on his bed at the orthopedic ward of Chattogram Medical College Hospital yesterday.
30 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Injured, they now stare at bleak future
Mohammed Rubel, a mason by profession, is the sole earning member of his family.
25 July 2024, 18:00 PM
New housing project, same old fate?
Chattogram Development Authority has taken up yet another housing project, despite struggling to complete its previous three such projects.
15 July 2024, 18:00 PM
When protector turns polluter
The Sundari canal in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila is facing a severe environmental crisis due to indiscriminate dumping of garbage by the municipality.
14 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Deadline keeps on extending
The project to construct Kalurghat-Chaktai road on the bank of Karnaphuli river in Chattogram began in July 2017 with a deadline to be completed by June 2020.
10 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Renovation delay prolongs suffering
Abdul Malek, 52, was waiting at the ghat beside Kalurghat Bridge in Chattogram to board a ferry on his way back from the port city to Boalkhali upazila after visiting his doctor on Thursday.
8 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Shrimp fry collection goes on despite ban
Despite a ban in place on collecting shrimp fries, the illegal activity has been going on unabated in Sangu and Karnaphuli rivers as well as the Bay of Bengal in Chattogram in broad daylight.
7 July 2024, 18:00 PM
New roads put agriculture at stake
Mohammed Sohel, 37, of Golichipa Para in the North Halishahar area of Chattogram city, is planning to work as a transport worker as the four-acre land he used to cultivate as a sharecropper has been turned into a truck terminal and cold storage depot.
1 July 2024, 18:00 PM