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‘Ctg port capacity will increase with four new projects’

Chittagong Port is advancing with the touch of modern equipment and modernization.  As a result, the company has already handled 31.69 lakh TEUS containers, surpassing all past records.  The port has procured service jetties, overflow yards as well as procured new tug boats to further enha...

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Ctg Customs launches e-payment to curb irregularities

Chattogram Customs has launched electronic payment system in the new year to prevent all kinds of irregularities including revenue evasion and bribery transactions of the government.  This will alleviate all the sufferings of the importers, said the customs authorities. From July 1 of the ...

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Bangabandhu and Swadhinata Book Fair begins in Ctg

A four-day 'Bangabandhu and Swadhinata Book Fair' has started in Chittagong on the initiative of the National Implementation Committee to celebrate the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Chattogram Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Mominur Rahman inaug...

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Anti-liberation force still active: Ctg DIG

Chattogram Range DIG Md Anwar Hossain said, if the consciousness of the great liberation war is lost, our existence will be endangered.  Therefore, we have to be ready to build the golden Bengal of Bangabandhu's dream in the coming days by showing respect to the heroic freedom fighters and ...

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Bangladesh, Bangabandhu inseparable entities: MA Salam

Chattogram North District Awami League President and Zilla Parishad Chairman MA Salam said Bangabandhu and Bangladesh are an integral part of each other, one cannot be imagined except the other.  By visiting the shrine at Tungipara, we have to take a new oath.  He made the remarks in a sho...

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CMP greets freedom fighters celebrating Victory Day

War across history has always stood in universal admiration though it was often waged out of senseless honour to hegemony. The liberation war in 1971, which was the algorithm of the Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement, meant a dignified ending for the Bengali nation though the human ...

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No victory can be compared to the victory of Dec 16: MA Salam

Bangabandhu means Bangladesh, Bangabandhu means independence, Bangabandhu means victory, commented MA Salam, President of Chattogram North District Awami League and Chairman of Chattogram Zila Parishad.He said this while addressing a discussion meeting at the temporary office premises of Chattogram ...

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No victory can be compared to the victory of Dec 16: MA Salam

Bangabandhu means Bangladesh, Bangabandhu means independence, Bangabandhu means victory, commented MA Salam, President of Chattogram North District Awami League and Chairman of Chattogram Zila Parishad.He said this while addressing a discussion meeting at the temporary office premises of Chattogram ...

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Customs seized fake stamps in Chattogram

The government saved about 90 to 143 crore taka in revenue by not unloading counterfeit stamps of 3 crore 19 lakh 80 thousand pieces of cigarettes in Chittagong port.  Due to the surveillance of the Port Control Unit and AIR Branch of Chittagong Customs House, it was possible to seize the consi...

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CMP’s ‘My Vehicle is Safe’ one step ahead in passenger service

The CMP's 'My Vehicle is Safe' initiative has been taken one step further to ensure safe passage of passengers in CNG auto-rickshaws in the city.CMP Commissioner Saleh Moha­mmad Tanvir inspected the activities of CNG auto-rickshaws at GEC intersection in the city on Monday afternoon....

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Vitamin A Capsule Campaign starts at Chittagong Port

Vitamin A Capsule Campaign was held at Chittagong Port Hospital like all over the country according to the national program of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. Chairman of Chittagong Port Authority Rear Admiral M Shahjahan inaugurated the Vitamin A Capsule Campaign at Chitt...

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25 govt offices get court notice to remove illegal installations

Letters have been sent from 25 government offices to remove unplanned and unauthorized installations on Court Hill to protect safety and beauty.According to a letter issued by the Cabinet Division, in the wake of the recent construction of two buildings on Khas Khatian registered land No 1 by Chatto...

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‘Human rights must for a healthy society’

Helal Akbar Chowdhury Babar, Former Deputy Finance Secretary of Juba League Central Committee, said that Bangladesh is the most important country on the development highway today.  The charter of change of days is being implemented in this country under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh H...

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Mostafa-Hakim Welfare Foundation distributes warm clothes

The winter season has just begun and many poor and helpless families of the country suffer in winter. So, warm clothes are distributed every year at the initiative of Mostafa-Hakim Welfare Foundation. These winter clothes were distributed at the office premises in Dewanhat last Thursday.  M Man...

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Ctg port chief engineer removed

Chattogram Port Chief Engineer (Mechanical) Aminul Islam and senior officer Sandipan Chowdhury have been suspended on the recommendation of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for alleged irregularities in the procurement of equipment.The ACC sent a letter to the Ministry of Shipping to take d...

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BFRI, US Forest Service sign MoU

BFRI and the US Forest Service say BFRI will play a role in enhancing the technical capacity of newly hired researchers, proper use of forest resources, and improvement of biodiversity. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Bangladesh Forest Research Institute (BFRI) and US Forest S...

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RAB raids distillery in Mirsarai

Members of RAB-7 found the existence of Bengali liquor (distilled liquor) behind a foreign factory in Chattogram's Mirsarai Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Industrial City. They have been conducting raids since Thursday evening and have recovered equipment worth around Tk one crore. Besides, RAB has re...

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6 lakh children to be fed vitamin A in Ctg

National Vitamin A Plus campaign is set to begin next Saturday (December 11).  In this campaign, 7 lakh 95 thousand 72 children in 15 upazilas of Chittagong will be fed Vitamin-A capsules. The information was given at a district-level journalist orientation workshop in the conference room ...

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Ctg prisoners get Covid vaccine

Chattogram Divisional Health Director Dr Hasan Shahriar Kabir said, “There are 7,800 prisoners in Chattogram Central Jail.  We cannot be safe without them.  Under the direction of the government, work has started to bring each of them under the Covid-19 vaccine.He was speaking as the...

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70 Tripura families demand shelter house in Khoiyachhara

NaiduariaNapittachara Tripura Para of Khayachara Union is in the southeast corner of Mirsarai Upazila.There are 70 Tripura families in two neighborhoods. They are currently living in houses built on the site of the forest department. However, their way of life is not as civic as the plains. Mor...