After a 25-minute mesmerising contest of physical strength and tactics, Tarequl Islam Jibon (Jibon Boli) won the title in Jabbar-er Boli Khela’s 113th edition held at Laldighir Par in Chattogram city yesterday, beating Shahjalal Boli in the final round.

Chattogram’s handmade footwear industry usually hits peak season during Ramadan, however, this year, the industry is set to undergo losses as the demand for local shoes has been decreasing.

With Eid approaching, the artisans of the port city’s Bihari Palli, who specialise in zardozi and karchupi work (intricate designs done by hand with beads and metal thread embroidery) are working day and night to straighten out their orders at different boutiques of the region.

The ringing sound of hundreds of sewing machines floats through Khalifa Patti in Chattogram every year before Eid-ul-Fitr. At least eight to ten people are hard at work round the clock in every shop of the market.

With Eid-ul-Fitr inching closer, sales in different shopping malls and roadside markets in the port city are picking up.

There’s something comforting about firni. This simple yet soothing combination of rice cooked in sweetened milk is one of the most popular desserts in the country.

With the number of Covid cases on the wane and subsequently, restrictions eased, the campuses across the country are coming back to its old self.

Every day at the port city’s CRB intersection, around 300 people gather to break their fast. Most of these people belong to the lower-income

Hundreds of fasting Muslims, sitting on the floors, waiting to break their fast with the call for evening prayer -- such has been the everyday scene at the port city’s Anderkilla Shahi Jame Mosque during the month of Ramadan for over a decade.

Iftar has taken a different form altogether in the subcontinent. In Bangladesh, iftar accounts for not only the delicacy but also the bonds that get strengthened in the process -- be that within the close circle of family or friends or that of the community.

The story of Jagat Chandra Mahajaner Panthoshala starts around 100 years ago. Those were the times when locals mostly travelled on foot or boat.

She used to work as a day labourer and continued in this profession for more than a year. But her calling was elsewhere, amidst nature. Following the call, she decided to join the forest department as a temporary guard.

The dependency of the port city on the Karnaphuli and the availability of the easiest route of communication between north and south Chattogram are considered to be the reason why the fame of the sampan boat took a rise.

Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has identified an importer and forwarding (C&F) agent involved in importing a BMW car though Chattogram Port by submitting fake documents in 2010.

In the port city’s Dampara area, stands a 14 feet tall red building with a single door -- bearing the history of a revolution’s inception.

Venomous snakes. In boxes, inside a laboratory.

There’s little doubt about the nobility of the Ashrayan-2 housing project. Under the project, houses will be constructed and handed over to destitute families as the prime minister’s gift, allowing them to live in comfort.

The Rangamati native’s anxiety was growing as he could not understand what had happened to his beloved dog -- it was howling nonstop.

Sagarika Tripura, a resident of Alutila Rehabilitation Center area in Khagrachhari’s Matiranga upazila, starts her day at 5:00am. With no source of water near her home, the 45-year-old has to make a 3-km trek through hilly terrains every day.

Native medicinal trees were once abundant in the country. But with the passage of time, they have either vanished or are on the verge of extinction, mainly due to indiscriminate deforestation.