Six men were arrested with 505 pieces of Yaba tablets and 90 bottles of phensedyl from different areas in Chittagong city on Monday and early yesterday. Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) Deputy Director Mukul Jyoti Chakma said a DNC team caught Md Nizam, 25, and seized 300 Yaba tablets from his possession in Khulshi area ... Read more
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Friends of Yunus express concern for Grameen Bank
Members of Yunus Shurid (Friends of Yunus) at a meeting in Chittagong yesterday expressed deep concern over the recent proposed change in the legal structure of Grameen Bank. Professor Muhammad Sekandar Khan, vice chancellor of East Delta University and also the convener of Nobel Laureate Dr Yunus Shurid (Friends) Chattagram, presided
Expatriate ‘kills himself’ in Ctg
An expatriate allegedly committed suicide in Hathazari upazila of Chittagong on Sunday. The deceased, Mohammed Ekram, 28, son of Kabir Ahmad, had been living in the United Arab Emirates. Hathazari police said Ekram hanged himself from a tree in a hilly area close to Sandwip Colony of the upazila. Police recovered the body, which could not ... Read more
Septic tank gas kills 2
Two labourers died after inhaling toxic gas trapped inside a septic tank in a housing plot at Colonel Hat of Chittagong city yesterday morning. The deceased were identified as Abdur Rahman, 50, of Chandpur and Md Kamal, 50. Police could not trace the latter’s residence
Chittagong traffic in grip of severe tailback
Traffic congestion has turned acute on most of the roads, lanes and by-lanes in the Chittagong city, particularly during the iftar hours. Most of the city road started to experience severe tailback since the very beginning of the month of Ramadan even after the recent increase in the manpower of the traffic
Chittagong boutiques all set for Eid
Name the latest trend going for salwar kameez, sari and panjabi — and you are likely to find them in the boutiques in Chittagong. They are trying to attract as many Eid shoppers as possible. To avoid the mad dash that invariably occurs closer to Eid, many have started with their Eid shopping from the ... Read more
Worker killed in Ctg ship breaking yard
A worker of a ship-breaking yard was killed yesterday falling from a ship. The deceased, Jamal Uddin, 45, son of Jalil Sarder, hailed from Kalkini in Madaripur. The accident happened when Jamal was working at a yard in Baro Awlia area around 3:30pm. He was rushed to Chittagong Medical College Hospital where the on-duty
Deadly 50km
210 road crashes in 5 months occurred on part of Dhaka-Ctg highway; reckless driving blamed The 50-kilometre long Mirsarai-Chittagong stretch of Dhaka-Chittagong highway has become a dreaded route as 82 people have been killed in 210 road crashes here in the first five months of this year. About 200 more sustained injuries in these accidents, ... Read more
Charge sheet submitted against RAB-7 officials
Anwara shrine robbery case Police on Thursday submitted a charge sheet of the Anwara Talsara Darber Robbery case accusing seven officials of the RAB-7 including its former chief Lt Colonel Zulfikar Ali Majumder. Officer in-charge (Investigation) of the Anwara Police Station Abdus Salam submitted the charge sheet to the court of chief judicial magistrate in ... Read more
Fishes spawn in Halda amid rain
Hundreds of spawn collectors with their boats and nets started collecting released eggs of indigenous species of carps from the Halda river in Chittagong for the second time this year, ignoring incessant shower yesterday morning. The Halda, which flows through Hathazari and Raozan upazilas, is one of the world’s major natural sweet water fish breeding ... Read more
Ice crime Factory Busted
A mobile court yesterday fined an ice cream factory in Chittagong city Tk 50,000 and sealed it for two months on charge of using textile dye and harmful chemicals. It also destroyed the leftover raw materials and ice creams worth around Tk 2 lakh and disconnected the power supply to the factory
Muktadhara presented
Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore’s timeless play Muktadhara was staged by Chittagong based troupe Ganayan Natyasampraday at the Experimental Theatre hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Monday. Set against the backdrop of an imaginary village full of natural resources named Shivatari, Tagore’s symbolic play features sufferings of the poor people of the village after installing
Container Train Derails
Rail link with Ctg snapped for 17 hrs Rail communication between Chittagong and other parts of the country resumed yesterday evening after about a 17-hour-long disruption caused by derailment of four bogies of a container train. A Dhaka-bound train from Chittagong veered off the course at Jangalia near Moynamati Railway Station in Comilla and ploughed ... Read more
Risky living at hill slopes
Authorities yet to take any effective action to remove houses from Ctg hills despite fatal landslides every monsoon Though monsoon is knocking on the door, the authorities concerned have yet to take any effective step to evacuate thousands of people living on the slopes of hills in Chittagong city with the risk of being victims ... Read more
Catching up with time
Ctg’s giant commodity hub Khatunganj tune itself to tech Chittagong city’s bustling commodity hub Khatunganj, which has given birth to a number of well-known local conglomerates such as Partex Group, Abul Khair Group, PHP Group and TK Group, is changing. Large and medium commodity market leaders are hiring trained executives in top and mid level ... Read more
From fishing nets to paperbacks
When Harishankar Jaladas was around five years old, his playmates in his Patenga community used to go into the sea with their fathers. They dreamt of becoming skilled fishermen. But Harishankar’s father Judhisthir Jaladas, a sea fisherman, had a different plan for his son. Instead of taking him to the deep sea fishing trips, he ... Read more
Chitrangada draws a full house in port city
“Chitrangada”, the dance-drama created by Rabindranath Tagore, drew a full house in the port city. In observance of 151st birth anniversary of Tagore, Jatiya Rabindra Sangeet Sammilan Parishad (JRSSP) in association with the Assistant High Commission of India, arranged the programme at the city’s Theatre Institute (TIC) on Thursday evening
A blend of East and West
Isabelle Anna performs Kathak at port city Accomplished French dancer Isabelle Anna captivated the port city audience at a Kathak dance recital that was held at the auditorium of Alliance Française de Chittagong on May 9. Alliance Française de Chittagong arranged the programme. Dr Samuel Berthet, Director of Alliance Française de Chittagong, inaugurated the programme. ... Read more
Ctg nursing college limping
Session jam, lack of teachers and facility make fate of over 350 students uncertain Session jam, teacher crisis, irregular classes and hence poor results have put at stake the future of 365 BSc course students of Chittagong Nursing College. Established in 2007, the college is yet to produce its first batch of graduates. As for ... Read more
Hotels mushroom in Chittagong
Target business, corporate visitors New hotels and guesthouses are coming up in the country’s premier port city Chittagong to tap the rising demands for comfortable accommodation and better hospitality services for businesses including foreign buyers. A rise in industrial activities and overseas trade has recently pulled in investments for establishing hotels in Chittagong, the major business ... Read more