Thousands of illegal billboards have cluttered the port city over the years, obscuring the city’s exquisite natural landscape as the city corporation has remained indifferent to launching a demolition drive. Hoardings hide beautiful buildings, religious and historical places and parks. Many are even
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China offers to build, fund it
Deep Sea Port China offers to build, fund it Remains open to partnering the project with India, US or any other country China has proposed to invest in four mega infrastructure projects, including the $5 billion deep-sea port and $700 million multi-lane tunnel under the Karnaphuli river in Chittagong. The government, however, is going slow ... Read more
Biman to start Hajj flights from Ctg
Amid demand from local travel agencies and passengers, Biman Bangladesh Airlines will start operating direct Hajj flights on Chittagong-Jeddah route from Shah Amanat Airport on Monday, officials said yesterday. Biman’s District Manager of Chittagong Dilip Kumar Chowdhury said they got approval for
Electronics sales boom in Chittagong
Renowned brands open showrooms in the port city Business of electronic goods is booming in the port city, as retailers have set up hundreds of showrooms here. Almost all brands have opened showrooms in the city of around 50 lakh inhabitants to grab a pie of the lucrative market. Different business houses started strong marketing campaigns ... Read more
Western Marine to build a ship for local buyer
Western Marine Shipyard started the construction work of a container vessel on Thursday, which will transport goods from Chittagong Port to Dhaka. This is the first time the company will build a container ship for domestic use. Earlier the shipbuilder made a number of sea vessels for foreign
Ctg customs seizes falsely declared cars
Chittagong customs officials yesterday seized three luxury cars imported with false declaration. The Lexus, Mercedes and Porche cars were imported in a container with a declaration that the shipment was a set of passenger lifts, said Mahmudul Hassan, deputy commissioner of the Customs House. The container was brought in the name of Etacol, a company ... Read more
112 desperados denied sea ride
Destination ‘Malaysia’ 112 desperados denied sea ride Detained before boarding engine boat Police in the wee hours of yesterday detained 112 people from Banshkhali upazila in Chittagong while they were boarding an engine boat in a bid to travel to Malaysia illegally. Nur Hossain Mamun, a sub-inspector of Banshkhali Police Station, said that traffickers assembled ... Read more
Down with the hills!
Probir Kumar Sarker Though Bangladesh is prominently a plain land, its Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Rangamati, Khagrachhari, Bandarban and Sylhet have hilly areas with forests and rich biodiversity. These areas are full of natural resources fulfilling needs of the people and other living species. But at present, the destruction of hills in every area has become ... Read more
Ctg Wasa, RHD at loggerheads
Installation of Water Pipeline Ctg Wasa, RHD at loggerheads In the face of opposition from the Roads and Highways Department (RHD), Chittagong Wasa has failed to start installing pipelines for Karnaphuli Water Supply Project in a 21-kilometre stretch of Kaptai road. The RHD has said it will cause massive damages if the pipelines are installed ... Read more
Moon ride on port city roads
The sluggish progress of road development in a part of the port city has put the commuters to a lot of hardships and is causing inordinate delay in reaching their destinations. Two years ago the Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) had undertaken the widening of Arakan Road, Chittagong College Road, Pathantuli Road, Dhaka Trunk Road, Bahaddarhat ... Read more
CCC to use solar energy in street lights
The Chittagong City Corporation has undertaken a project involving more than Tk 52 crore to bring street lights on 180-kilometer stretch of city roads under solar energy system with an aim to ease the power crisis and reduce power bills. According to CCC sources, the project would be implemented with the financial assistance
Equipment, staff crises plague labour ward
Ctg Medical College Hospital Equipment, staff crises plague labour ward The Antenatal and Labour Ward of Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) is functioning with almost half of the medical equipment and workforce required to deal with the increased number of patients. This situation has caused sufferings to patients and burdens on the staff of the ... Read more
2 killed, 7 injured in road crashes
Two people, including a college student, were killed and seven others injured in separate road accidents in Chittagong, Jhenidah and Narail on Thursday and yesterday. Our staff correspondent from Chittagong reports, a woman died as a microbus ran her over on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Baratakia area of Mirsarai upazila in Chittagong on
Ctg, C’Bazar islands face climate change foreboding
Shrinking the size of lands Continuous sea-level rise and massive erosion, both manifestations of global climate change, are shrinking the size of islands in Chittagong and Cox’s Bazaar districts. Sandwip, an ancient island in Chittagong, is on the verge of disappearance. Other islands of the Chittagong region, as well as Shah Porir Dwip, Sonadia, Kutubdia, ... Read more
Re-evaluation of HSC exam papers passes 22 students in Ctg
Twenty two students under Chittagong Education Board have passed and ten more achieved GPA-5 after their HSC examination answer sheets were re-evaluated. The board announced the results yesterday after re-evaluating 16,814 answer sheets. Pijush Dutta, controller of Chittagong Education Board, told The Daily Star that after
Eid shopping spree at peak in Chittagong
Shopping spree reached at its peak at the Chittagong city markets and malls on Sunday, one week ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. Shopping centres, including Sanmar Ocean City, New Market, Amin Centre, Afmi Plaza, Mimi Super Market, Akhtaruzzaman Centre, Chittagong Shopping Complex, Lucky Plaza and Bangkok-Singapore Market, were jam-packed with buyers Customers,
Dhaka-Ctg rail link resumes after 8 hours
Rail communication was restored after an eight-hour halt as the Nasirabad Express, a Chittagong-bound train from Mymensingh, derailed when it collided with a cement truck at a level-crossing in Faujderhat in Chittagong on Thursday. The accident occurred at about 4:30am. The engine along with two coaches of the
College student murdered in Ctg
A student of Chittagong College was stabbed to death over a financial feud in Halishahar area of Chittagong Tuesday night. The victim Md Masud Chowdhury, 24, was a fourth year honours student of Islamic History and Culture Department of the college. Masud, son of Anwar Chowdhury, hailed from Swandip upazilla of
Chittagong shoppers gear up for Eid
Turnout of shoppers at different malls in the port city is rising, as the biggest religious festival for Muslims, Eid-ul-Fitr, comes closer. People of all ages are seen thronging the malls even till midnight. But traders in the city are not happy with their sales this year. Arif Mohammad Faiz, a salesperson at Rich Manz ... Read more
Two commit suicide in Ctg
Two people committed suicide by taking poison over family dispute in Chittagong early yesterday. In an incident, Md Lokman, 35, son of Sona Mia, of Silaigara village in Anwara upazila, committed suicide by taking poison after an altercation with his mother around 1:00am. Police said Lokman died at Chittagong Medical College Hospital