Chittagong

Chattogram Bureau : A court in Chattogram has ordered 10 years rigorous imprisonment in a case of rescue of 82 gold bars from a passenger named Mohammad Hossain at Shah Amanat International Airport. Shariful Alam Bhuiyan, the fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge and Special Tribunal-1, passed the verdict yesterday. Mohammad Hossain, son of Ahmedur Rahman of Gahira Dobashirhat area of Anwara upazila in south Chattogram. The court bench assistant Omar Fuad said that the court has sentenced Mohammad Hossain to...

Chattogram Bureau : Chattogram District Administration Executive Magistrate Pratik Dutt has been threatened with the murder after conducting eviction operations in various establishments. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abul Bashar Mohammad Fakhruzzaman told media, “We are taking legal actions on threats.” It is learned that earlier, the mobile court against adulterated product traders, the evacuation campaign against illegal occupants. He launched a raid on the Islamic Social Welfare Council in Chattogram last May 31. However, it was not confirmed who threatened in...

Chattogram Bureau : A case has been filed against 600 people in Chandgaon police station of the city on the charge of pelting bricks on the police during the march programme of BNP. Last Monday at 4:30am, the police filed the case at Chandgaon police station in the city. Chandgaon Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Khairul Islam told media that a case has been filed against 5 to 600 unidentified people, citing the names of 36 people....

Chattogram Bureau : Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) Health Department will feed anti-worm tablet to five lakh children in the Port City from June 1 to June 5. The information was conveyed at an advocacy meeting on Wednesday at the CCC General Hospital. The CCC Chief Health Officer Dr Selim Aktar Chowdhury said at the meeting that 5 lakh students and non -school children will be fed in 5 wards. Children aged 3 to 5 years suffer from malnutrition and physical...

Chattogram Bureau : Chattogram district administration recovered railway property worth Tk20 crore by demolishing illegal structures. Later this property was handed over to the railway authorities. But after an hour, local leaders recaptured that recovered properties. It is known that on Thursday from morning to noon, the district administration rescued about 300000 square meters of illegally built shops and structures on railway land in the Newmarket area adjacent to the Port City’s City College. Later, Chattogram District Administration Executive Magistrate...

Chattogram Bureau : Sitakunda Upazila Mahila Awami League under Chattogram district has organised a protest rally against the death threat to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Yesterday Sitakunda Upazila Women’s Awami League President, Chattogram North District Awami League’s former Women’s Affairs secretary Suraiya Baker presided over, Sitakunda Upazila Women’s Awami League General Secretary Shahinur Akhtar Beauty was present as the chief guest, Chattogram North District Women’s Awami League President and Chattogram Zilla Parishad member Delwara Yusuf was present as the...

Chattogram Bureau : Chattogram Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Mahbubul Alam has urged the government to consider the withdrawal of the existing fining system for mistakes in determining HS codes at the import stage from the next fiscal year. “The major problem in importing products is now HS code complexity, which causes huge suffering for traders. Importers often face customs penalties and delays for unintentional mistakes in determining appropriate codes,” he said in a recent interview with The New...

Chattogram Bureau : Sharif Uddin, former Deputy Assistant Director of ACC, sacked has taken a new job. His career will start from July. After losing his job in ACC, he received offers from around 35 companies, but he did not join any company till now. Meanwhile, the news of him working in his elder brother’s confectionery shop at Sholshahar railway station in the city went viral. He was hoping to get his lost job back. On March 16, the Appellate...

Chattogram Bureau : RAB has arrested sister-in-law Nasir after being on the run for 12 years in the brutal killing of her minor sister-in-law for stopping her ex-wife from trying to kill her in Bhujpur, Fatikchari. He was arrested from Chunati area of Lohagara on May 28. He is the son of Nuru Ahmad of East Bhujpur area. According to RAB, in January 2010, Shah Paran of a neighboring village married Delwara Begum in a family affair. Shah Paran’s sister-in-law...

Chattogram Bureau : Traders in Chattogram were quite upbeat when Bangladesh and Thailand signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in December 2021 to launch direct shipping services between Chattogram Port and Ranong port of Thailand. It would save time and cost, they thought. Chattogram Port Authority Secretary Omar Faruk told the media that the issue of direct shipping between the two ports is under the foreign affairs ministry for final decision. Direct shipping through the Chattogram-Ranong route can be launched...