Chittagong, Bangladesh News

UNB, Dhaka Brothers Union Club posted a hard-fought 1-0 win over Farashganj SC in a match of the Citycell Bangladesh League at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Kamalapur on Sunday.

BSS, Dhaka Parliamentary Standing Committee on Shipping Ministry on Sunday directed the government for immediately implementing the recommendations of appointing surveyors required for properly operating ship transportation as per the international standards.

SHIP breaking yards in Bangladesh have become death traps for workers. On average, one worker dies in the yards a week and one injured every day.

Paramilitary troopers have apprehended eight heavily armed tribal guerrillas including a young woman in Tripura, officials said Saturday.

CHITTAGONG: BNP's statement about the prime minister "failing" to uphold Bangladesh's interest in Copenhagen was a futile effort to confuse the nation, said State Minister for Environment and Forest Hasan Mahmud yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called upon the members of armed forces to remain always prepared for their first and foremost duty of safeguarding the independence, sovereignty and security of the country even at the cost of the last drop of blood.

Ju Sang-keun, left foreground, takes a break with students of Bora Primary School during their sports day in January this year in Chittagong, Bangladesh.

India will invest Rs.1,666 crore to develop highways in Tripura and Mizoram to improve connectivity of the landlocked northeastern states with Bangladesh and Myanmar, an official said here Sunday.

The Australian Government announced 45 new scholarships for Bangladesh students to pursue postgraduate studies in Australia at a ceremony in Dhaka on 14 December.

A moderate intensity quake, measuring 5.1 in the Richter scale, hit Bangladesh on Sunday night but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damages.

DHAKA: Three outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh men, including its Chittagong divisional commander Javed Iqbal, were yesterday sentenced to jail in Chittagong in a case under Explosive Substances Act, while a Shibir leader was taken on remand in Chandpur the same day for his alleged link with the militant outfit.

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DHAKA: Cyclonic storm 'WARD' over the southwest and adjoining southeast Bay moved slightly northwards over the same area yesterday.

DHAKA: An 11-member delegation headed by the adviser to prime minister on energy will leave for London today to hold a road show in London to attract around five billion dollar investment for nine power projects with a total production capacity of more than 3,200 megawatt plus a liquefied natural gas terminal for import of gas.

Some 60% of Bangladesh is at risk of rising sea levels, contaminating fish stock, farmland and drinking water with salt Villagers repair the embankment at Koira sub-district, Bangladesh, which was destroyed by hurricane Aila last May.

A three-member committee was formed yesterday to probe the incident of plundering of forest on 125 acres of land along the Sonaichhari coast of Sitakunda upazila in Chittagong.

UNB, Dhaka A 1000-bed hospital will be built at Chittagong seaport under Bangladesh-India joint venture for providing modern healthcare facilities to all sections of people, including port and shipping personnel.

ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa did not surrender with his aides and family. It's reliably learnt that he was actually lured into a trap while trying to escape from Cox's Bazaar near Chittagong in Bangladesh.

CHITTAGONG: A Chittagong court issued warrant for the arrest of Bangladesh Nationalist Partya s lawmaker Salauddin Quader Chowdhury in a case filed by a businessman on Thursday.

Observing the 12th anniversary of CHT peace accord in Rangamati, Bandarban and Khagrachhari yesterday, PCJSS and its front organisations called upon all pro-peace treaty forces to unite and wage tougher movement for full implementation of the accord.