Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) and Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) in a joint drive pulled down eight billboards from Oxygen area and demolished 30 shops from Oxygen-Quish road in the city yesterday. The court was led by Khin One Nu, executive magistrate of (CDA) and Nazia Shirin, executive…

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Chittagong University unit yesterday suspended one of its activist for a month on charge of misbehaving with a trader on the campus. The activist was identified as Md Arafat Hossain, student of the History department of the university under the academic session 2011-2012.…

The authorities of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP), Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and district police have taken tight security measures in the city and on its outskirts to avert any untoward incidents during celebration of Christmas and the New Year’s (2016) even on December 16, reports BSS.…

Leaders of Bangladesh Hindu Bouddha Christian Oikyo Parishad yesterday urged the Election Commission (EC) to ensure congenial atmosphere for the people of all faiths, reports BSS. EC must stop use of religious sentiment and communalism during the municipality election campaigns, Advocate Rana Das Gupta,…

A mobile court fined the owners of three fuel oil filling stations Tk 5.75 lakh in city yesterday for weight manipulations. A team of Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institute (BSTI) and Rab led by Sarwar Alam, executive magistrate of Chittagong district, conducted drives in different areas of the…

A cold spell coupled with dense fog is sweeping the south-western part of the country, including Khulna and its neighbouring districts. The intensity…

Cultural activists formed a human chain in the city on Wednesday demanding change of the  construction site of a silo from a pond here. Close to…

The Dhaka Newspaper Hawkers' Cooperative Society has condemned their eviction from two sales points in the capital's Gulistan area by the city corporation authority, says a press release. President of the organisation Mostafa Kamal, and its Secretary Moslem Mia in a joint statement on Wednesday…

Police recovered the body of unidentified young man, aged around 25, from the technical road near the Surma River bank in Sylhet city yesterday. Afthab Hussain, in-charge of Kadamtali outpost, said on information police recovered the body near the Surma River bank. Later, the body was sent to Sylhet…