Dengue death toll nears 500 this year
At least six more people died of dengue and 882 affected were hospitalised in the past 24 hours till 8:00am on Sunday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services press release...
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Challenges, progress, and the pursuit of lasting peace
THE Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord, popularly known as the 鈥楶eace Accord,鈥� was signed on December 2, 1997, between the government and the Parbatya Chattogram Jana Samhati Samiti. It has been widely discussed locally and internationally. The accord ended the 20-year-long, violent conflict and set the stage for inclusive, peaceful, and integrated coexistence between Bengalis and indigenous...
S Alam Group sued for Tk 1,963cr loan default
Janata Bank PLC has filed a Tk 1,963 crore defaulted loan case against controversial business conglomerate S Alam Group in Chattogram Money Loan Court.
No motorcycles, trailers on Ctg expressway
The Chattogram Development Authority is going to ban the movement of motorcycles and trailers on the elevated expressway between Lalkhan Bazar and Shah Amanat International Airport from...
Murder case filed as protests on over killing of lawyer on Ctg court premises
Four days after lawyer Saiful Islam Alif had been hacked to death in Chattogram, a murder case was filed with the Kotwali police against 31 named and 10鈥�15 unidentified people early Saturday...
14 identified, 8 detained after lawyer's death in clash over sending Chinmoy to jail
Analysing video footage, the police have detained eight individuals among 14 people identified so far over the murder of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif on a Chattogram court premises on Tuesday.
Chattogram鈥檚 Kotwali police station gets new OC amid rising tensions
Two days after a clash erupted over the imprisonment of Sanatan religion leader Chinmoy Krishna Das and the murder of a lawyer, the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Chattogram鈥檚 Kotwali police station, Fazlul Quader Chowdhury, has been transferred.
Lawyers in Ctg go on strike protesting lawyer鈥檚 murder, thousands join janaza
Lawyers in Chattogram went on a two-day strike on Wednesday to protest againsy the killing of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif in clashes among members of law enforcement agencies, lawyers and followers of Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, spokesperson of Sammilita Sanatani Jagaran Jote.
HC seeks govt action on ISKCON clash, murder
The High Court on Wednesday directed the government to report on the actions taken regarding the killing of assistant public prosecutor Saiful Islam Alif, who was hacked to death during a violent clash on the Chattogram court premises on Tuesday...
6 AL activists, 21 others detained amid protests聽
The police detained 27 people till Wednesday evening amid protests in Dhaka as elsewhere over the killing of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif in Chattogram city and clashes with the law enforcers over the arrest of a Hindu organisation鈥檚 leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari...
Govt should find out quarters at play and take lawful action
A GATHERING of people, reported to have been falsely promised loans, converging from across the country at Shahbagh in Dhaka on November 25 prompted police intervention. The city police say that the organisers had promised the people, mostly low-income people from villages, help in getting more than Tk 100,000 in loans without interest and brought...
Clashes erupt on Ctg court premises over denial of Chinmoy Krishna鈥檚 bail
Clashes erupted between police and Hindu community people on a Chattogram court premises on Tuesday after the court rejected bail to former ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das in a sedition case...
Ex-ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna sent to jail in Ctg
A Chattogram court has sent former ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari to jail after denying his bail plea...
Luxury guesthouse to be leased out
The Bangladesh Bridge Authority has planned to lease out a luxury guest house to international hotel management companies in a desperate bid to reduce the loss incurred from the operation of the newly built tunnel under the River Karnaphuli in Chattogram...
Govt needs to simplify rules, regulations for SMEs
THE cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises continue to suffer from complex rules and regulations and a lack of access to loans in the absence of effective and inclusive policies. A recent study by the SME Foundation, based on 304 SMEs in Dhaka, Chattogram, Sylhet, Khulna and Rajshahi, finds that most entrepreneurs struggle...
Dismissed employees of S Alam-owned banks block road in Ctg
The dismissed officers and employees of three private banks owned by the S Alam Group staged a protest by blocking the Chattogram-Cox鈥檚 Bazar highway on Sunday morning, demanding their reinstatement...
Tk 23 lakh recovered from Ctg, one arrested
Police on Saturday recovered the stolen money of Tk 23.50 lakh from Chattogram鈥檚 Bandar Tila area and arrested Md Masum Hawlader, alias Masum, 26, in this connection...
7 injured as JCD, Shibir clash at Ctg Polytechnic Instt
At least seven people were injured in a clash erupted between Jatiyabadi Chhatra Dal, student wing of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and Islami Chhatra Shibir, student front of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, at Chattogram Polytechnic Institute on Thursday afternoon, over the control of a student dormitory on...
JL activist files case against Hasina, 186 other AL leaders
A Juba League activist has filed a case accusing 187 individuals, including several top Awami League leaders, of orchestrating and carrying out attacks during the anti-discrimination student movement and mass uprising in Chattogram...
USAID, PVH, CARE unite to create jobs for women
USAID鈥檚 Women Thrive in Bangladesh project on Wednesday hosted a job fair in Chattogram to connect local women jobseekers with employers and service providers, aiming to enhance their career prospects...
Home adviser labels most post-uprising cases as fake
Home affairs adviser retired Lieutenant General Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Tuesday described the majority of the cases filed against different individuals following the recent mass uprising as 鈥榝ake鈥�...
Container handling at Ctg port rises by 9pc in 3 months
Chittagong Port Authority chairman Rear Admiral SM Moniruzzaman said container handling at Chattogram Port has increased by 9.016 per cent in the past three months compared with the same period in 2023...
Midnight procession in support of Sheikh Hasina, 2 arrested
A sudden procession in support of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina was brought out late Sunday night at Prabartak intersection in the Panchlaish area of Chattogram city...
CUET QAC holds 7th meeting
The Quality Assurance Council of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology held its seventh meeting of at the Syndicate Room of the university in Chattogram on Thursday...
Evercare Hospital Ctg appoints new branding head
Evercare Hospital Chattogram has appointed Salahuddin Mamun as the head of its branding and public relations department.
469 killed, 837 injured in Oct road accidents across Bangladesh: RSF
At least 469 people were killed and 837 more injured in 443 road crashes in the country in October, said a Road Safety Foundation report published on Sunday.
Biker, pillion rider killed in Ctg road accident
Two people including a motorcyclist were killed as the motorbike crashed into a lamp post on the Chattogram Elevated Expressway in EPZ area of Chattogram on Friday midnight...
Rain likely over 2 days from tomorrow
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department on Sunday warned that the next two days might witness widespread rainfall as the country awaited the winter season to set in.
BNP leader Shahadat Hossain sworn in as Ctg city mayor
Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Dr Shahadat Hossain took oath as the new mayor of Chattogram City Corporation on Sunday.
SIBL sacks 579 officers appointed by S Alam
Social Islami Bank has terminated 579 assistant officers reportedly appointed under the influence of the S Alam Group in violation of the bank鈥檚 hiring protocol...