FM Mizanur Rahaman

Taking 20 recommendations of the probe committee that investigated the BM Container Depot blast into cognisance, Cabinet Division has issued letters to ministries and departments concerned, asking them to take action following the suggestions and ensure punishment.

Musba Ahmed Hisham was scheduled to fly, after his secondary School Certificate examination, to his mother in Canada who lives there with his sister. Even, all the procedures have been made so that Hisham could easily move there.

An official of Chattogram Custom House has reportedly received a death threat from abroad, after he disclosed information about seized liquor consignments, which were illegally imported using false declaration.

Once upon a time, Chattogram’s cinema halls used to buzz with audience. The Eids were the most festive seasons for film lovers across all classes of the port city, which had as many as 35 cinemas that used to release Bangla films regularly.

Chittagong University authorities yesterday expelled four Bangladesh Chhatra League activists for their involvement in the sexual harassment of two female students on the campus in September last year.

Four Chhatra League men were among the five arrested by Rab yesterday on charges of sexually assaulting a female student on Chittagong University campus last week.

Those who sexually assaulted a female student on Chittagong University campus on July 17 night are members of Bangladesh Chhatra League, said police sources and CU BCL insiders.

With an aim to provide safety and security to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel under Karnaphuli River, Chattogram Airport and different economic zones in Anwara upazila, Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) placed a proposal to form new police lines in Karnaphuli area.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel under the Karnaphuli river is scheduled to officially open to traffic by the end of this year.

Sheer negligence of the owners of BM Container Depot Ltd and lax monitoring and enforcement of laws by the government authorities concerned led to the fatal blast at the Sitakunda depot on June 4, a probe has found.

The blacksmiths in the port city have been passing busy days ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, making and sharpening tools for sacrificial animals.

Three men gangraped the mother of a four-month-old baby in the cabin of a launch heading towards Dhaka from Barishal at night on June 23.

At first glance from the outside, it seems like a typical tin-shed school house set in a village. This seemingly common setup hides the history and legacy of more than a hundred years inside it, which is pretty much evident in its architecture once one steps inside. 

A strong, well-organised syndicate has been reportedly smuggling unrefined edible oil from mother vessels stationed at the outer anchorage of Chattogram port.

Six months before the deadly fire at Sitakunda’s BM Container Depot on June 4, a team of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority visited the depot and found fire hazards like combustible materials kept near electronic machines and absence of a fire hydrant system.

His popularity among Rohingya community and stance against all kinds of crimes and irregularities inside the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar triggered the grisly murder of Mohib Ullah, said the charge sheet submitted after an eight-month investigation.

Police today pressed charges against 29 Rohingyas in a case filed over the grisly murder of Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah.

Just 250 yards from BM Container Depot, Abul Kalam, who’s in his 60s, lives with his kids and grandchildren in Sitakunda’s Keshabpur area, locally known as Mollapara.

Chattogram-based Smart Group, a partner of BM Container Depot Limited — where a devastating fire broke out, killing 45 people — has removed information on the depot from its website.

Police yesterday sued eight officials of the fire-ravaged BM Container Depot for negligence but left out the owners of the depot.