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Incessant rains and thunderstorms for the past two to three days have paralysed normal life in Chandpur. However, it was raining cats and dogs on Saturday. Meanwhile, the gusty wind and waves of Padma and Meghna rivers have increased.The normal life of the people of the area was crippled due to...
A decision was made to open control rooms in district and upazilas to control the law and order situation in Chandpur. The decision was made in a view exchange meeting held on Wednesday. The meeting was organized in the conference room of the Deputy Commissioner’s Office with the particip...
At least 11 houses of eight families were burnt to ashes in a devastating fire broke out in Chandpur's Hajiganj upazila on Sunday.The incident took place in the afternoon in Sheikh Badi at Sendra village under Barakul Purba union of the upazila.According to locals, the fire originated from the k...
A 28-year-old man died from electrocution while he was felling branches of a tree in Chandpur's Faridganj Upazila on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahman, son of Abu Musa Patwary. "When Rahman went to cut branches of a tree of his grandfather's house he came in contact w...
A mobile court, in a drive, arrested 10 fishermen, seized fishing boats and nets during the last 24 hours from various areas of the river of Padma-Meghna sanctuary of the district for defying the government’s ongoing two-month ban on all kinds of fishing, including catching of jatka (hilsa fry...
Fisheries and livestock Minister Abdur Rahman Monday said, the government is taking steps for producing other nets alongside current nets for conserving Jatka aiming to increase hilsa fish."Right now, we are focusing on conservation of Jatka through stooping all types of fish catching nets,&quo...
A youth who went missing in the Meghna after falling from a launch at the Matlab Uttar upazila in Chandpur on March 2 was found dead in the river on Wednesday (March 6).The deceased was known as Ashikur Rahman, 22, son of late Shah Alam, hailed from Raghunathpur village. Mohanpur river police o...
A middle aged man of 50-year-old was allegedly beaten to death by his younger brother over a dispute arising from the fate of a tree in Matlab Uttar upazila of Chandpur on Friday.Deceased Alamgir Hossain Prodhan was the son of Nur Hossain Prodhan of Fatehpur Purbo Union in the upazila and serving as...
Two children drowned in separate places in Chandpur's Hajiganj upazila on Tuesday afternoon.The deceased were Raisa Akter, 2, a resident of Mokimabad Bepari village under Hajiganj municipality, and Yamin, 2, of Kangaish Miji village of the municipality.According to family, Raisa used to live wit...
Chandpur has set a tax collection of Tk 166 crore in 3 circles of Cumilla tax zone in the current financial year. Chandpur sub-tax commission office disclosed the information. Taka 96 crore 20 lakh tax was collected in 3 circles in Chandpur district till June 30 of the last financial year. But the t...
The District Administration has taken a comprehensive programme in Chandpur to celebrate the Victory Day on 16 December 2023. A district committee and 15 sub-committees were formed to implement the Great Victory Day programme in Chandpur in a meeting held in the Conference Room of the district admin...
Like other districts of the country, Chandpur Zilla Parishad elections were completed under tight security. Voting in EVMs started from 9 am on Monday, October 17 and continued till 2 pm. Overall, this year's Chandpur Zilla Parishad election was peaceful. But the obvious concern is what happens ...
The target of Hilsa production in the current fiscal year in the country is likely to be 6 million tons. In the financial year 2021-22, 5 lakh 65 thousand tons of Hilsa have been produced, according to the fisheries department. Every year there was a ban on catching jatka from the country's rive...
The Handicapped Service and Aid Center under the National Handicapped Foundation of the Ministry of Social Welfare has distributed free wheelchairs to 30 disabled people on Sep 29.Chittagong Divisional Commissioner Md. Ashraf Uddin distributed this wheel chair in front of the Chandpur District ...
In the month of January-June of the current financial year 2021-22, 6 state-owned banks in Chandpur have received foreign remittances of Tk 631.93 crore from 3 lakh 75 thousand expatriates.The information was received from the respective regional offices of the 6 state-owned banks in Chandpur on Sun...
Under the Fisheries Development Project in the greater Comilla district, 120 goats were distributed among the 70 registered Fishermen of Chandpur Sadar Upazila on Saturday. Chandpur Sadar Upazila Parishad Chairman Md Nurul Islam Dewan, Vice Chairman Ayub Ali Bepari, Upazila Livestock Officer Dr...
On the occasion of World Environment Day, various programs have been carried out on 5th June, Sunday, at the joint initiative of Department of Environment Chandpur and District Administration under the Ministry of Environment.An interesting procession started at 10 am to raise public awareness in a ...
A target has been set to distribute tree saplings in all Upazilas of Chandpur district at a cost of Tk. 55,000 this season to protect the environment, and maintain the natural balance.Of these, 18,000 each in Chandpur Sadar and Hajiganj, 5,000 different types of fruit and medicinal fruit trees have ...
This year in Chandpur the production target of 3,420 tonnes and the cultivation target is 1,900 hectares. According to the information provided by the Agriculture Extension Department, Chandpur, the production and cultivation targets are known.Pepper is widely grown in Chandpur Sadar, Haimchar, and ...
Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Chandpur Anjana Khan Majlish has said the dredging of sand in the Meghna river in Chandpur will be stopped for two months from March 1. “Our decision to stop the dredger is final,” she said. She confirmed the matter on Thursday night.“For the t...
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