Members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested three drug traders with 740 pieces of Yaba tablets from in front of Swadhinata Park under Chandgaon thana in the city on Sunday night. The arrested drug traders were identified as Mohammad Amin, 31, Ayub Ullah, 28 and Dilara Begum, all hailed from different upazilas of Cox’s Bazar district.
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Boy killed in Ctg road mishap
A boy was killed and five others were injured as a bus hit a rickshaw and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Karnaphuli Bridge area in Chittagong city on Monday. The deceased could not be identified immediately. Sub-inspector Talat Hossain of Bakulia police station said
Axe hangs over WB-funded scheme in Chittagong
The World Bank (WB) has warned the government that the Chittagong Water Supply Improvement and Sanitation (CWSIS) project could be cancelled if the Chittagong Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (CWASA) fails to sign the consultancy contract for the water treatment plant by May. On July 26, 2010, the government signed a financing agreement
4 to die for killing woman in Ctg
A Chittagong court on Sunday sentenced four people to death and five others to life-term imprisonment for killing a woman. The 3rd additional district and session Judge Laa Mong also fined each of the convicts sentenced to life term imprisonment Tk 40,000, in default,
Mahasen causes Tk 2,000cr losses, claim Ctg businesses
The shutdown forced by tropical storm Mahasen in the port city of Chittagong caused a financial loss of about Tk 2,000 crores in terms of production loss and other business dislocations, business leaders said. President of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and industry (CCCI),
People rush to cyclone shelters
Thousands of people in Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar have started rushing to safe shelters as Cyclone Mahasen approached the coastal areas of the two districts on Wednesday afternoon. Danger signal No. 7 was hoisted in the afternoon. People living in the coastal areas of Sitakunda, Mirasarai, Anwara and Banshkhali upazilas and 11 wards of the ... Read more
Control rooms setup
Chittagong district administration and Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) have opened separate control rooms in the port city to respond to any emergency call before and after the cyclone ‘Mahasen’. The Chittagong district administration has opened the control room in Deputy Commissioner’s office at the city’s Court Building. The control room’s phone number of Chittagong
Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar bracing for Cyclone Mahasen
The maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar and Mongla have been advised to hoist local warning Signal No. 4 (Four), replacing the local cautionary Signal No. 3 (Three), as the cyclonic storm ‘Mahasen’ is approaching the Bangladesh coast. All fishing boats, trawlers and marine vessels over the North
Hefazat chief flown to Chittagong
Radical Islamist outfit Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh ameer Allama Shah Ahmed Shafi was reportedly forced out to Chittagong from Dhaka city by air on Monday afternoon. He reached Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport at 7:40 pm by a flight of Regent Airways. Allama Shafi was taken to Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by DB police and was scheduled ... Read more
Testimony of IO ends
Recording of testimony of Moniruzzaman Chowdhury, investigating officer (IO) in the Chittagong arms haul cases, ended in the court of SM Mujibur Rahman, judge of the Special Tribunal-1, on Monday. He began his testimony on April 22. Later, he was cross-examined by defence lawyers. On the last day of his testimony, Chowdhury said: “After examining ... Read more
Ministry set to relax taxicab guidelines
The communications ministry is scheduled to make decision today over amending the Taxicab Service Guidelines of 2010 to remove the bottlenecks in pressing new cabs on the streets of Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet. Earlier on April 13, the ministry had decided to amend only one
IO continues to testify before court
Moniruzzaman Chowdhury, investigating officer (IO) of the Chittagong arms haul cases, testified before the court of SM Mujibur Rahman, judge of the Special Tribunal-1, during the hearing of the Chittagong arms haul cases for the third day on Sunday. Chowdhury said that NSI official Liakot Hossain had identified himself as ULFA leader Abul Hossain and ... Read more
Minor girl burnt to death, 3 injured in Ctg fire
A minor girl was burnt to death and three of her family members were injured as a fire broke out in their house at Kalurghat of Chandgaon in Chittagong Saturday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Rodela, 4, and the injured were her father Zakaria, 35, mother Nasreen Sultana, 25, and brother Mostakin, 2.
Downpour disrupts civic life, businesses in Ctg
The port city of Chittagong and different parts of the district experienced a moderate to heavy rainfall in past 24 hours disrupting city life as well as business activities. The rain continued intermittently since Friday night causing inconvenience to city dwellers and hampering business activities.
No PSI system from July: NBR
National Board of Revenue chairman Ghulam Hussain said that the pre-shipment inspection would be abolished from July. He said this while addressing as chief guest a pre-budget discussion at Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industries conference hall in the port city on Thursday.
BSRM holds AGM
The 11th annual general meeting of BSRM Steels was held at Chittagong Club on Tuesday. BSRM chairman Alihussain Akberali, managing director Aameir Alihussain, directors Zohair Taherali, Tehseen Zohair Taherali and Sabeen Aameir and independent director Mono Ranjan Dey were also present on the occasion.
3 risky buildings sealed off in Ctg
A mobile team of the Chittagong Development Authority on Monday sealed off three risky buildings of Agrabad Excess Road in the city and fined their owners Tk 50,000 each. The team conducted the drive at Agrabad, Shantibag and Halishahar Residential areas. CDA deputy chief town planner Sarwar Uddin Ahmed
Demolition of Shebak Colony begins
The Chittagong City Corporation on Sunday began demolishing Shebak Colony, a dilapidated and risky building inhabited by cleaners of the corporation, at Patharghata under Kotwali police station in the port city. CCC sources said the building was identified as risky years back but the authorities failed to demolish it as the inhabitants did not leave ... Read more
Maritime univ student drowns in Ctg
A cadet of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Maritime University drowned in a water body on the campus on Saturday in Chittagong. The student, HM Masud Kaiser Shuvo, 21, a second-year student and son of Mainul Islam, hailed from Barura of Comilla.
Two held with pirated books in Ctg
The Detective Branch of the Chittagong Metropolitan Police seized a huge quantity of pirated books of the national curriculum from a bookshop at Andarkilla in the port city Monday morning. The DB team also arrested two people, including the manager