3 drug traffickers held with foreign pistol in city
The Rapid Action Battalion on Tuesday night arrested three drug traffickers along with a firearm and ammunition in the capital...
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Body of another missing CU student found, Auritraya still missing
The body of Asif Ahmed, another Chittagong University student who, along with two fellows, went missing in the rough sea in Cox鈥檚 Bazar, was recovered on Wednesday morning.
Two polytechnic students drown in Mirsarai
Two students from Feni Polytechnic Institute drowned after being swept away by a strong stream while hiking along a hill trail in Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram.
Death by drowning a neglected national crisis
DEATH by drowning remains a public concern with little to no effective intervention on part of the government to prevent such disaster. Three students of the University of Chittagong drowned in the sea in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on July 8, with two having so far been recovered dead. In June, during Eid holidays, when about 250,000 people visited the district, at least six people died...
Toddler dies after falling into drain amid rain
A three-year-old girl died after falling into an open drain in the Halishahar area of Chattogram city on Wednesday afternoon.
Two suspected Zika virus cases detected for first time in Ctg
Two people tested positive for the Zika virus in a primary test on Tuesday for the first time in Chattogram...
Spurs sign Japan defender Takai
Tottenham signed Japense international Kota Takai from Kawasaki Frontale on Tuesday...
Newcastle agree 拢55m fee for Forest鈥檚 Elanga
Anthony Elanga is set to become Newcastle鈥檚 first major signing of the transfer window after the Magpies reportedly agreed a 拢55 million ($75 million) deal with Nottingham Forest...
Two dead in Red Sea attack as Huthis resume strikes
An ongoing attack on a cargo vessel in the Red Sea has killed two people, an official and maritime monitor said Tuesday, after Yemen鈥檚 Huthi rebels resumed their campaign against shipping in the vital waterway...
Stocks extend rally for fourth day
Country鈥檚 both bourses鈥擠haka Stock Exchange and Chittagong Stock Exchange 鈥� on Tuesday also continued its upward trajectory, extending its gaining streak for a fourth consecutive session...
Asia number one target of Trump鈥檚 tariff letters
Donald Trump sent letters to 14 countries, mainly in Asia, informing them that higher import tariffs will kick in on August 1 unless they reach a deal with the United States...
Are we eating safe?
WHEN the stomach is full, everything feels under control. But the idea of hunger can be so painful that the renowned 20th-century Bengali poet Sukanta Bhattacharya once compared the bright full moon to nothing more than a loaf of chapati in an empty stomach. Eating is perhaps one of the most fundamental human rituals, something which we celebrate several times a...
CU student dies by drowning in sea, two fellows go missing
A student of Chittagong University died by drowning in the sea near the Himchhari Beach in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Tuesday morning. Two other students went missing.
Bus driver held over Ctg crash that killed 11
The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested a bus driver who had been on the run since a crash that resulted in the deaths of 11 passengers, including children...
Father arrested for killing son in Dhaka
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion on Sunday night arrested a man at Konabari flyover area in Gazipur for his alleged involvement in the killing of his son in Hazaribagh area in the capital...
CDD takes over New Mooring terminal
Chittagong Dry Dock Limited, a Bangladesh Navy-run ship repair company, has officially taken over the responsibility to run the New Mooring Container Terminal at the Chittagong Port, ending the 17-year tenure of controversial operator Saif Powertec Limited...
Stocks extend gaining streak
Country鈥檚 both the bourses鈥擠haka Stock Exchange and Chittagong Stock Exchange 鈥� on Monday witnessed an upward trend like earlier as investor sentiment remained upbeat, particularly toward banking sector scrips amid renewed sector specific optimism following recent reform initiatives undertaken by the central bank...
Walton launches car battery series 鈥楪raviton鈥�
Walton Mirco-Tech Corporation has released seven models of 鈥楪raviton鈥� series car batteries to be used mainly in private cars, microbuses, pick-up vans and CNG-run auto-rickshaws, said a press release...
US tariffs to kick in on Aug 1, barring trade deals
US tariffs will kick in on August 1 if trading partners from Taiwan to the European Union do not strike deals with Washington, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday.
Jubo Dal activist shot dead in Raozan
A Jubo Dal activist was shot dead by unidentified miscreants in Raozan upazila of Chattogram district on Sunday.
鈥榁iral Mosharaf鈥�, 3 other robbers arrested in Dhaka
The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested four alleged robbers, including Mosharaf Hossain who recently went viral for brandishing a sharp weapon, while they were preparing for committing a robbery in the capital鈥檚 Mohammadpur area.
Video of heated exchange between students, CU VC goes viral
A video of a heated exchange between Chittagong University vice-chancellor Professor Muhammad Yeahia Akhter and several agitated students, centring promotion of a teacher, has gone viral on social media.
Ctg airport flight operations halted for two hours after Biman glitch
Flight operations at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram were suspended for nearly two hours on Saturday morning after a Bangladesh Biman flight carrying Hajj pilgrims got stranded on the runway...
AUW inaugurates math, science summer school 2025
Asian University for Women has inaugurated its math and science summer school 2025, funded by Chevron, in a ceremony held on the AUW campus on the MM Ali Road in Chattogram recently...
Tk 75,432 crore collected thru Ctg customs聽
The Chattogram Custom House saw a 9.71 per cent year-on-year increase in revenue, amounting to Tk 75,432 crore in the just-concluded 2024-25 fiscal year...
3 of a family lynched in Muradnagar
A woman and her son and daughter were beaten to death in Cumilla鈥檚 Muradnagar upazila on Thursday morning, allegedly for their involvement in drug dealing...
JICA recalls Japanese consultants killed in Holey Artisan attack
Japan International Cooperation Agency on Wednesday organised an annual memorial ceremony to pay tribute to the seven Japanese consultants who lost their lives during the Holey Artisan attack on July 1, 2016...
Group art exhibition under way in Ctg
A four-day group art exhibition titled 鈥業: Under Construction鈥� is under way at Alliance Fran莽aise de Chittagong in the port city...
SAD, NCP block highway in Ctg
Students Against Discrimination and National Citizen Party activists postponed their Wednesday鈥檚 demonstration in Chattogram till noon today after hours of laying siege to the Patiya police station and blockade of Chattogram-Cox鈥檚 Bazar highway...
Anxious residents re-emerge after Mali jihadist attacks
People in towns in western Mali where jihadists attacked army sites a day earlier were afraid but went about their business Wednesday following the major assault which killed a civilian...