Chittagong

Chattogram Bureau : An international standard adventure complex is being built on 188 acres of Karoldenga hills of Boalkhali upazila. Rover Scouts Training Center will be constructed. In 2016, the Prime Minister gave permission for Bangladesh Scouts Rover to use this hilly area, passing Medhas Munir’s Ashram on Karoldenga Sannyasi Hill. An 8-member committee has been constituted for the action plan and master plan of the international standard adventure complex. Bangladesh Scouts Rover regional secretary Professor Enamul Haque Khan said,...

Chattogram Bureau : Railway East has made a proposal to run a pair of non-stop trains on the Dhaka-Chattogram route. If this proposal is approved, a pair of non-stop trains will run on this route in the morning and afternoon as well as at night. Railway officials said that the introduction of new non-stop trains may be finalized with the introduction of new working time table (WTT). The concerned said that the new working time table (WTT) is being prepared...

BSS, Cox’s Bazar : Two young men were killed and another was injured in a clash between two groups over badminton game in Larpara area near the central bus terminal of the district on Monday night.The deceased were identified as Saidul Islam, 30, son of Nurul Huda and Kaysar Hamid, 28, son of Abdul Hamid of the area.Quoting the local people, officer-in-charge (OC- investigation) of Cox’s Bazar Sadar Police Station Md Nazmul Haque said that some local youths were playing...

Chattogram Bureau : Engineer Abdur Rashid founded the Karnafuly Ship Builders Limited (KSBL) in Chattogram in 1994 after visiting Japan for a training programme on shipbuilding. He was an employee of the Bangladesh Marine Fisheries Academy at that time but the six-month training changed his life and shaped the shipbuilding industry in Bangladesh for good. Since then, the KSBL has built around 1,200 ships and repaired around 800 in its three shipyards – two in Chattogram, one in Narayangonj –...

Chattogram Bureau :Eight educational institutions of Chattogram division have been included in MPO. The list of educational institutions under MPO was published in three orders of the Ministry of Education. Among them are two colleges, two madrasas and four lower secondary schools. This list was published in three office orders signed by Sajjat Hossain, deputy secretary of the MPO branch of the technical and madrasa education department of the Ministry of Education on Thursday. The educational institutions are: Premier College...

Chattogram Bureau :Awami League General Secretary Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said that the Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar highway will have six lanes. The feasibility study has already been completed. JICA has confirmed the financing of the construction of this highway. The construction of three bridges including Sangu, Matamuhuri on this highway with JICA funding has already been completed. He gave this information in an exchange meeting with journalists at Chattogram Circuit House on Friday. Stating that Dhaka-Chattogram four-lane highway...

Chattogram Bureau :Finally, the indoor complex of Chattogram Zahoor Ahmad Chowdhury Stadium was inaugurated. This oyster-shaped indoor has all the modern facilities for the players. Chattogram Development Authority (CDA), the implementing organization, handed over the project to BCB through a ceremony on Saturday. Kazi Washi Uddin, secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Public Works, officially inaugurated the indoor facility on the second day of the Chattogram phase of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). BCB director and venue chairman AJM...