Chittagong

Chattogram Bureau :Illegal sand extraction from the Halda River continues unabated posing a serious threat to the ecosystem. The river is also Bangladesh’s largest natural breeding ground for carps. As part of ongoing drives...

BSS, Cox’s Bazar :Detective Branch of police in a drive arrested a woman with 10,000 pieces of yaba tablets from Ramu upazila in the district yesterday .The detained was identified as Samira Begum, 25,...

A Correspondent :A housewife reportedly committed suicide in Ramgarh Upazila of Khagrachari on Sunday morning.Deceased Monowara Begum, 32, was the wife of Delwar Hossain of Chowdhurypara area in the upazila. Locals said Monowara found...

BSS, Chattogram :Customs Intelligence in cooperation with a vigilance team of National Security Intelligence (NSI) arrested three people and recovered 830 cartons of contraband cigarettes from Shah AmanatInternational Airport, Chattogram yesterday morning.Customs Intelligence and...

A Correspondent :A Chattogram court recentlysentenced three persons to 15 years rigorous imprisonment each for trading contraband drugs. Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Sheikh Asfakur Rahman awarded Ali Ahmed, 56 and Hamidullah, 34, both hailed...

CU correspondent : Several thousand students of Chittagong University, who travel by the shuttle train between the university and Chittagong city every day, are facing an acute transport crisis, thanks to indifference of authorities.The...

UNB, Chattogram : Police arrested a young man along with 1900 Yaba pills, concealed inside his sandals, from Station Road area in the port city on Sanday night.The arrestee is Ehsan, 22, son of...

Chattogram Bureau : The nonagenarian mother of Sarwaruddin, Chief of Chattogram Bureau of The New Nation passed away at her own residence at Raozan in Chattogram at the age of 91 on Monday early...