Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) plans to start the first ever ferry service between Sandwip island and Sitakunda in Chattogram.

Ten-month-old Arif kept crying and gesturing to passers-by with his tiny hands, as if to look for his mother’s warmth.

Land grabbers, including those belonging to the influential quarters, are hatching a conspiracy to occupy three acres of land in Chattogram’s Nasirabad Social Forestry Nursery and Training Centre (SFNTC), alleged forest officials.

To observe World Diabetes Day 2022, an extensive programme has been chalked out in the port city on November 13.

Shahedul Azam was seen roaming in the footpaths of Chattogram’s  Agrabad Commercial Area to buy loafers over the weekend.

The long-awaited Bakalia access road, built to ease traffic and improve connectivity with south Chattogram from port city, will be opened for vehicular movements soon, said project officials.

The country’s lone Ethnological Museum, located in Chattogram’s Agrabad area, could be turned into one of the most sought-after tourist destinations in the country, had the authorities concerned promoted it properly.

A delegation of India’s leading steel manufacturer Tata Steel Ltd visited the factory of GPH Ispat at Sitakunda upazila in Chattogram today.

A parliamentary body today (October 31, 2022) recommended not constructing the proposed hospital in Chattogram Railway Building (CRB) area.

Halda is an important habitat for the endangered freshwater Gangetic Dolphin (Platanista gangetica). Dolphins are an integral part of the area’s ecosystem and their conservation is vital to the survival of a wide range of aquatic and endangered species, including turtles, gharials and otters.

Thirty students of East Delta University volunteered to remove garbage such as plastic bottles, polythene bags and similar items from the Patenga Sea Beach area on Sunday morning.

A three-day international photo exhibition featuring Sufi rituals was held at Chattogram District Shilpakala Academy in the port city between Thursday and Saturday.

Around 73 percent of the construction work of the 100-kilometre Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar rail link had been completed by August. But security arrangements for this route are still in limbo, as railway police do not have the required workforce and infrastructure to monitor this line.

Marjina, Mukta and Tania Akhter ended up at state-run Chotomoni Nibash in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila many years ago. The three were so young that they never even got the chance to know their biological parents.

The river Karnaphuli is considered to be what holds the port city, ie the life of Chattogram.

A three-day documentary film festival titled Liberation Docfest Chattogram 2022 was held in the port city, aiming to promote young film makers at the district level. The festival ended on Saturday.

Once upon a time, the country’s port city was celebrated for its lush vegetation and green hills. However, in the last three decades, the city has already lost half its greenery to unchecked, unplanned urbanisation.

Train services between Chattogram and Dohazari will resume next month amid widespread demands of commuters following two years of Covid induced closure.

As many as 81 species of plants on Karnaphuli riverbanks are in danger of going extinct over the next few decades due to the dumping of industrial wastes and other forms of pollution. 

The first river-based resource centre of Bangladesh was inaugurated on Sunday at the bank of Halda river in Chattogram.