Chandpur
Chandpur madrasa girl ‘sets herself afire in suicide attempt’
A madrasa girl reportedly tried to commit suicide by setting herself on fire after pouring kerosene on her in Hajiganj municipality area on Saturday afternoon.
Man found dead in Chandpur river
Police have recovered the body of an unknown man from the Dakatia River in Shahrasti upazila.
Cumilla Medical College Hospital now unfit for purpose
Cumilla Medical College Hospital (CMCH) is unable to provide necessary medical services to its patients for lack of manpower and equipment, causing sufferings to low-income people who largely depend on this public hospital.
Residents of 17 upazilas of the district and that of Chandpur and Brahmanbaria come to the hospital to avail of basic medicare at a lower cost.
During a recent visit to the hospital, the UNB correspondent found two warmers out of three lying out of order for long while the authorities concerned are struggling to provide services with two phototherapy machines at its pediatric department.
There are four Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) at the hospital but all of those are out of service.
Shahnaz Begum, in-charge of the Pediatric Department, said premature babies, low-birth weight infants and babies with respiratory problems are admitted to the pediatric department of the hospital.
Chandpur gets 89 new physicians
Eighty-nine physicians were appointed to different hospitals here.
Four shops fined for openly selling petroleum in Chandpur
A mobile court here on Saturday evening fined four shops for openly selling petroleum in the district town.
Worker pushed into Dakatia River drowns
A worker of a cargo ship, drowned in the Dakatia River after being pushed off by a fellow worker over a dispute in Balumohal of Hajiganj upazila on Thursday.
Panel formed to probe Chandpur orphanage roof collapse
A four-member probe body was formed on Monday to look into the collapse of the roof of an orphanage that had injured 50 students and a teacher in Matlab Uttar upazila.
25.10 lakh metres Current Jal seized in Chandpur
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard in a drive arrested a person and seized 25.10 lakh metres of banned Current Jal from five shops at Laxmirchar Bazar in Sadar upazila on Saturday afternoon.
Over 50 injured in orphanage roof collapse in Chandpur
Around 50 students and a teacher were injured as the dilapidated roof of an orphanage caved in along with them in Matlab Uttar upazila on Saturday night.
Boy, 14, held for raping girl, 7, in Chandpur
A 14-year-old boy was arrested from Hajiganj upazila on Wednesday evening for allegedly raping a 7-year-old girl.