Friday, December 27, 2024

Aspirants weave dreams in CU’s picturesque beauty

Admission tests, which otherwise correlate with hours of continuous stress, couldn’t be more relaxing if not for the campus that has a perfect touch of God-gifted scenic beauty, so say admission seekers about Chittagong University (CU) campus. Thousands of aspirants from all over the country came here to sit for admission tests for the 2011-12 ... Read more

Tigers’ novel training

The national cricketers took part in a unique exercise in training yesterday by pedalling rickshaws around the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. On the fifth day of their scheduled six-day training camp, Tigers captain Mushfiqur Rahim led the way after the support staff got hold of the four rickshaws from the nearby Pahartali

UNFPA-BAMBA concert Nov 26

Fourteen leading bands of the country are going to rock Chittagong MA Aziz Stadium at a grand concert titled Say No to Violence Against Woman: Be a Real Man on 26 November. The concert will begin at 12:30pm. UNFPA and BAMBA are jointly organising the concert. To inform more about

Green desert in the hills

Inam Ahmed All around us is a green desert. What was supposed to be reserved and forest is now just denuded hills. Welcome to Kasalong Reserve Forest. As our Chander Gari — a Second World War Willy’s Jeep fitted with a Mitsubishi engine — rolls on the topsy-turvy narrow herringbone road, tossing madly from one ... Read more

Ship-breaking yard in Ctg fined, sued

Probe begins A day after the death of four workers from toxic gas at the Jiri Subedar Steel Re-rolling Mills of Sitakunda, the Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined it Tk 25 lakh for not having proper safety measures in its ship-breaking yard. Local police the same day filed a case against four of its ... Read more

Seeking a turnaround

Rain threatens final ODI The Tigers’ shift to Chittagong is sure to bring back memories of the turnaround during the World Cup. And if that thought passes them by, a glance from the bus window would surely help them remember what happened here seven months ago. The road towards the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, and ... Read more

Happy on clean Ctg streets

Omar Faruk, an A-level student of Sunshine Grammar School and College, looked very pleased yesterday as he along with a hundred mates just finished a clean-up campaign on different streets that surround their school compound in the port city. “I am satisfied as I have performed my duty as a citizen of the country,” he ... Read more

Ctg commuters suffer for strike

Bus services resume on CMP assurance Thousands of commuters in the port city suffered major disruption yesterday as a section of transport owners enforced a strike after some passengers vandalised two city buses over charging extra fares. They however called off the two-day halt yesterday evening. All modes of public transport stayed off the streets ... Read more

New scrap shipyards near Sundarbans

Govt eyes Baleshwar river bank in Barguna; environmentalists decry  Although the Sitakunda ship breaking yards in Chittagong continue to wreak havoc on the environment, the government nonetheless plans to allow new yards on the bank of the Baleshwar river in Patharghata upazila of Barguna district. A team of top officials from different departments, led by ... Read more

Ctg road expansion fails to ease jam

Expansion of lanes on the four Chittagong city roads have failed to reduce traffic congestion as the expanded lanes are still occupied by makeshift shops and street-parking vehicles. The Chittagong Development Authorities said that the four roads, stretched from Oxygen to Prabartak intersection, Firingibazar to Kotwali intersection, and New Market to Barik Building intersection

Port city loses glory in car business

Sales of reconditioned vehicles have fallen in the port city in recent years due to a price hike. The trend is also likely to continue as the government, in this year’s financial budget, has only allowed the import of vehicles up to three years old and the prices of cars in the Japanese market have ... Read more

CDA website hacked

The official website of Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) was hacked yesterday. Engineer Mostafa Jaman, CDA systems analyst of IT department, admitted to the incident and said they found that the website was hacked when they opened it around 9:30am. In primary investigation, the timing of the hacking or as to who hacked the website could ... Read more

Climate change leads to forced migration

Speakers tell int’l conference  Speakers at an international conference yesterday identified that extreme poverty, climate change impact, population growth, urbanisation, governance failures, and food and energy insecurity force people to be migrated. The second and concluding day of the two-day conference on “Changing nature of forced

Manpower, equipment crises hinder CCC waste management

Manpower crisis and inadequate equipment have been hindering waste management by the Chittagong City Corporation. According to the conservancy department of the corporation, the port city, inhabited by about 50 lakh people, on an average produces 1,200 tonnes of waste every

Moon ride on Ctg streets

Residents suffer as rain leaves port city roads potholed, waterlogged “Where is the government now? Doesn’t it see our sufferings?” This was HSC student Suchitra Chowdhury’s reaction when her rickshaw turned turtle while going over a pothole near Chawkbazar in the port city on Sunday. She was injured and missed an important day at college. ... Read more

Maiden private venture gets nod

2 Coal Power Plants Maiden private venture gets nod Each of the plants in Chittagong, Khulna to produce 300MW electricity The cabinet committee on purchase yesterday approved setting up of two coal-fired power plants by the private sector for the first time. Each of the plants will generate 300 megawatts of electricity. Bangladesh roughly has ... Read more

Ugly hoardings bury scenic port city

Thousands of haphazard billboards have buried the scenic beauty of Chittagong city. The billboards on the sides of roads and medians have made the port city an eyesore decreasing the visibility of the commuters as well as the city dwellers. These visually polluting hoardings are standing with advertisements of different commercial concerns in their bodies ... Read more