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2 female ‘snatchers’ caught in Ctg

Two woman ‘snatchers’ were caught with stolen mobile in Chattogram on Sunday. One of them is a Rohingya woman who escaped the camp from Cox’s Bazar. A team of Kotwali Police Station detained the Rohingya woman named Noor Fatima Prakash, 20, from the Cinema Palace area in the c...

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Ctg Chamber Election held

In the Bi-Annual election of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mahbubul Alam has been elected president; senior vice-president Omar Hajjaj and vice-president Tarafdar Md. Ruhul Amin were elected.The announcement was made at a meeting held at the Chamber's Office of World Trade Center ...

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Iftar Mahfil held at IIUC

Leading private university named International Islamic University of Chittagong (IIUC) arranged doa and iftar mahfil in honour of the journalists at the university campus on Monday.Different newspapers, online, and TV journalists from Chittagong were present in the meeting at a city restaurant on Mo...

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‘Ctg port main driving force of country's economy’

State Minister for Shipping Ministry Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury has said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken many plans to bring back mobility in Chattogram port. The port is the main driving force of the country's economy, he said.He said these while speaking at a view exchange meeting org...

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New banknotes in 6 banks in Ctg

New notes would be distributed from six scheduled banks in Chattogram on the occasion of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, said a press release.These are: Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited’s Port Connecting Road branch, United Commercial Bank’s Halishahar branch, Bank Asia Oxygen, Jamuna Bank&rsquo...

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New banknotes in 6 banks in Ctg

New notes would be distributed from six scheduled banks in Chattogram on the occasion of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, said a press release. These are: Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited’s Port Connecting Road branch, United Commercial Bank’s Halishahar branch, Bank Asia Oxygen, Jamuna Bank&rsqu...

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Two special trains on Ctg-Chandpur route

The eastern zone of Bangladesh Railway is going to provide a pair of special trains for the passengers on the occasion of upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. The trains will run from Chittagong to Chandpur and Chandpur to Chittagong routes from June 2. The trains will be named by Chandpur Special-1 and Chandpur S...

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Coordination programme begins soon to solve waterlogging in Ctg

A meeting between Mayor of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) AJM Nasir Uddin and Chairman of Chittagong Development Authority's (CDA) Zahirul Alam Dobash was held at CDA Building in the port city on Thursday.AJM Nasir Uddin and Zahirul Alam Dobash discussed various issues. With a view to develop...

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10 crore shrimp fries recovered in Ctg

Bangladesh Coast Guard-9 (East Zone) has seized 10 crore pieces of shrimp fry including 4 mini trucks from Lalkhan Bazar flyover of the city on Thursday night.Sources said, the fry (pona) was seized in a special operation.Coast Guard personnel said that during the operation they seized 124 drums of ...

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Oil & Gas Workers Federation polls held

The biennial election of Bangladesh Oil & Gas Workers Federation was held recently at Agrabad in Chattogram  city.Sadekur Rahman of Meghna Oil and Md Yakub of Jamuna Oil have been elected President and General Secretary respectively of the top organisation of the workers in fuel sector. Som...

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New CDA chairman welcomed by professionals

The representatives of the Southern University and the Professional Diploma Engineers Association greeted Zahirul Alam Dobash, newly appointed Chairman of Chittagong Development Authority (CDA), on Monday.A four-member delegation led by Prof Sarwar Jahan, founder of Southern University, and delegati...

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Ctg port’s activities resume

 Cargo and container handling activities at Chattogram port are going on in full swing. Due to the cyclone ‘Fani’ ships that were outside the port are being brought back to the jetty.The port authority started works to bring the vessel to the ship at 8am on Sunday. It was possible t...

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‘Ctg to be pollution free, environment friendly city’

Mayor of Chattagram City Corporation (CCC) AJM Nasir Uddin inaugurated the biggest human waste treatment plant at Arefin Nagar of Jalalabad in the port city on Sunday.The CCC mayor observed the refinery project that will be built on 20 kathas of land. This is the biggest human waste treatment plant ...

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Swimming competition held in Chattogram

CJKS-GPH swimming competition was held in Chattagram for the first time on Thursday. CJKS General Secretary and Mayor of Chattagram City Corporation (CCC) AJM Nasir Uddin inaugurated the programme. In his speech, AJM Nasir Uddin said that swimming helps to keep one’s body fit. People of t...

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Waterlogging in Ctg to be solved within few years

Newly appointed chairman of Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) Zahirul Alam Dobash Dolphin has said that the waterlogging in Chattogram city will be solved within a few years. A mega project has been taken to solve the waterlogging problem in the port city. The project is underway, he added.&nbs...

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Induction ceremony of CUET Officer Assoc held

The induction ceremony and general meeting of newly elected committee of Chattogram University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) Officers Association was held on the campus on Monday. Vice-Chancellor of CUET Prof Dr Mohammad Rafiqul Alam was present at the event as the chief guest with presi...

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‘Research will help increasing forest land’

 Environment Minister Md Shahab Uddin said at present the country’s forest area is 17.5 percent whereas a country should have at least 25 percent forest coverage to meet the ecological balance. The research conducted by scientists of Bangladesh Forest Research Institute (BFRI) will hopefu...

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CCC councillors, engineers urged to work sincerely

Mayor of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) AJM Nasir Uddin has urged the councilors and engineers of the CCC to work with the attitude of service and avoid the colonial mentality.He said these while delivering his presidential speech at the 45th General Meeting of the CCC at the KB Abdus Chhatar aud...

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US Ambassador Visits CIU

US Ambassador Earl Robert Miller held a meeting with Vice-Chancellor of Chittagong Independent University (CIU) Prof. Mahfuzul Haque Chowdhury on Tuesday. The meeting was held at the VC’s room on the CIU campus. At the meeting, discussions were held on various issues, including higher edu...