Chattagram Bureau : Bangladesh is gearing up to host the 4th International Trade Summit on 14 and 15 May at...
Chattogram Bureau : The number of containers and bulk cargoes being handled at Chattogram Port, the country’s premier seaport, has surged in recent times, improving its trade efficiency, despite a decrease in the number of ship arrivals. Stakeholders have attributed this growth to relatively larger ships now being able to dock at the port’s jetty with more containers and goods on board, improving trade efficiency. According to the port’s data, in the nine months from July to March of fiscal...
Chattogram Bureau : Hajj Jatri Kayllan Parishad (HJKP) formed a peaceful humanchain at Station Road in the city on Saturday demanding recommission of Pahartali Haji camp into Chattogram Divisional Hajj office immediately. Leaders of HJKP, honourable hajj pilgrims and aspirant Omrah jatri and wellwishers participated the humanchain. President of HJKP Ahmadul Islam Chowdhury and the secretary General Principal Dr.Abdul Karim delivered speech in it. In their deliverations told Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directed concerneds in 2016 to operate Pahartali Haji...
UNB, Chattogram : Security and customs officials have detained a man carrying undeclared currency of approximately 90,000 Dirham (Tk 27 lakh) at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram this Friday. The man, identified as Kaisar Hamid from Boalkhali upazila, was apprehended while attempting to board an Air Arabia flight bound for Sharjah. According to Taslim Ahmed, Director of Chattogram Airport, a tip-off led a joint team from the National Security Intelligence (NSI) and Customs Intelligence to intercept Hamid at the...
UNB, Chattogram : The Greater Chattogram Public Transports’ Owners and Workers Unity called off the 48-hrs long strike they called on yesterday after 12 hours on Sunday afternoon. The announcement came from the Greater Chattogram Public Transports’ Owners and Workers Unity after a meeting with district administration officials on Sunday afternoon. Manjur Alam Chowdhury, the association’s convener, announced it saying, “Considering public interest at the request of the honorable district administrator, we have ended the 48-hour ongoing strike. We thank...
Chattogram Desk : Another direct container shipping service between Chattogram and two European ports is going to be introduced next month. Switzerland-based maritime logistics service provider Commodity Supplies AG has taken the new initiative to launch the service with three of its chartered vessels to operate from Barcelona in Spain to Chattogram to the largest European port of Rotterdam in Netherlands. Google News LinkFor all latest news, follow The Daily Star’s Google News channel. Reliance Shipping and Logistics Limited, Bangladeshi...
BSS, Chattogram : Around 264 Eid congregations are scheduled to be held this year at the traditional and temporary venues in the city under the supervision of Chattogram Central Eid Jamaat Committee (CCEJC) and the Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) on the holy occasion of Eid-Ul-Fitr. Local administration, CCC and CCEJC sources said preparations to construct, and decoration of Eid venues have already started in the city under the auspices of Chattogram district administration, Metropolitan Police, and other religious organizations for...
BSS, Chattogram : Chattogram district police detained a youth with 172 bottles of foreign-made liquor from Sitakunda sadar thana area at 11:00pm last night. Officer-in-charge of Sitakunda thana Kamal Uddin said police detained one Md Abdullah, 26, while unloading the 172 bottles of foreign liquor from a Pickup van at the said area....
UNB, Chattogram : Three people including an imam, died in separate road accidents in Chattogram’s Raozan and Hathazari upazilas on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Syedul Haque, 45; Md Miraz, 24; and Md Faruk, 26. In Raozan, Imam Syedul Haque died and another Imam was injured after their motorcycle collided with a CNG-run autorickshaw. Syedul Haque was the Pesh Imam of the Aylikhil Baytun Noor Jame Mosque in Raozan. According to an eyewitness, the autorickshaw collided with the motorcycle,...
Chattogram Bureau : Under the initiatives of Principal Dr Abdul Karim Foundation, distribution of Eid clothes among the distressed people and a Doa mahfil was held at the Foundation office in Chattogram Bigyan Parishad Bhaban in the Port City recently with Foundation President Adv Dr Md Samiuddin in the chair. Chairman of the Chattogram Sikkha Kaylan Foundation Principal Dr. Abdul Kkarim graced the occasion as the chief guest. Principal of Dr Jakir Hossain Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital Dr Md...
Chattogram Bureau : The TV Camera Journalists Association (TCJA), Chattogram’s initiative and National Day have been celebrated with the conviction of building a developing Bangladesh with deep respect and gratitude to the great martyrs of the struggle for independence. During this time, the speakers urged all to engage in the spirit of glorious freedom and to make Bangladesh a developed and dignified country by creating the consciousness of the War of Liberation. The Independence Day discussion meeting held at the...