Sifayet Ullah

With an aim to mitigate the sufferings of Chattogram residents from waterlogging and traffic congestion, as well as to facilitate tourism, the Chattogram Development Authority borrowed a total of Tk 1,698 crore from the government for implementation of four projects over the past decade.

Despite completing a feasibility study nearly five years ago, the Chattogram-Kaptai rail link project has remained stuck due to a lack of funds.

Demonstrating students of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (Cuet) late last night suspended their protest upon assurances from the university authorities that their major demands would be met.

While working as a day labourer around six years ago, Abul Kashem struggled to make ends meet for his five-member family with his limited income.

Despite repeated notices from the Forest Department, the upazila administration of Pekua upazila in Cox’s Bazar is reportedly going ahead with its plan to sell seized sand, which was illegally extracted from a reserve forest.

While imported shoes have flooded the shoe market in the country and are in high demand, local handmade shoes have still clung to their place in the market.

Defying its own policy, Chattogram Development Authority (CDA) has decided to fell 46 trees, including two century-old rain trees, from the CRB area in the port city to construct a ramp of the Chattogram Elevated Expressway.

To get trains ready for commuting during the holiday season, workers at Pahartali Carriage and Waggon Repair Workshop in Chattogram are having a busy time ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.

The Chattogram City Corporation in 2018 initiated a pilot project to tackle landslides at a cost of Tk 20 lakh by planting Vetiver Grass, locally known as Binna Grass, in two hills

Agitation is mounting among the port city’s commuters as Chattogram Elevated Expressway has yet to open to traffic since its inauguration last year.

Saltwater is invading the Halda River in Chattogram, which is forcing Chattogram Water and Sewerage Authority (CWasa) to keep two treatment plants closed for a certain period everyday. This environmental issue has caused a drinking water shortage, and residents in the southern part of the city are being provided with pure drinking water through rationing.

A hill in Chattogram’s Ashkar Dighir Par area is counting its last days, and will soon be completely leveled to make way for three multi-storey buildings.

A huge amount of polluted water has spilled into Karnaphuli and is spreading fast across the river, threatening the endangered dolphin sanctuary and hundreds of fish species.

Different aquatic species in the Karnaphuli River have been dying after burnt raw sugar from S Alam Refined Sugar Industries Limited contaminated the water, following a fire on Monday

A two-lane bridge, constructed over Rajakhali canal in Kotwali area of Chattogram city as a connector on the Mariner’s Road is being used for parking buses.

A trauma centre in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila has been lying inoperative since its inauguration in 2021 as the authorities still have not sanctioned adequate manpower and equipment.

Dedicated train-service between the port city and Cox’s Bazar has not started even after two and a half months since inauguration of the newly constructed track.

“Tu dopahar ke khana kha lenhi kii?” (Did you have lunch?)

The Forest Department has decided to hand over a portion of Chattogram’s Ramgarh-Sitakunda reserve forest to the Roads and Highways Department for a road-widening project.

Rivers don’t live anymore, they merely exist. They exist as relics of their halcyon days when rivers were truly wild, mysterious, free -- or as a character in their own story, as told through poetry and music.