A 65-year-old man, who fell sick during interrogation by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), died reportedly of cardiac arrest at Chittagong Medical College Hospital on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Md Nazrul Islam, a resident of Rangunia of Chattogram. He was an accused in a murder case.  Rab-7 Commander Lieutenant Colonel MA Yusuf said they detained Nazrul from in front of Chevron Diagnostic Center at Panclaish in the city around 10 pm on Tuesday. READ: RAB captures chief plus 5 members of ‘Mosharraf Bahini’ As Nazrul fell sick during interrogation he was sent to CMCH where he breathed his last, he said. “Doctors said Nazrul died of a heart attack. It would not be right to say Nazrul died in Rab custody,” he added. However, Nazrul’s family declined to make any comment regarding his death. His son Setul said, “ We don’t want to talk about the death. Please don’t ask me questions.”  READ: Gang-rape in Bagherhat: Key accused held by Rab Nazrul was involved in contracting business and had taken loans from many people. There were two cases including a murder case against him.

Police rescued a baby girl from the pavement in front of Premier University at the WASA intersection of Chattogram, following a 999 call early Saturday morning. Local resident Al-Amin, an accounting officer at a university, said he came down from his house hearing a noise at around 1am to see a newborn baby lying on the sidewalk. Also read: Body of newborn found at Natore Hospital He immediately called the national emergency hotline 999 and was connected to Md Alamgir, officer-in-charge of Chawkbazar police station. "I told him the incident and within ten minutes the OC himself appeared with his force.  They took the newborn baby to Chittagong Medical College Hospital." Also read: Mother sells newborn to pay hospital bills OC Alamgir verified Al-Amin version's of events and said,"I immediately went to rescue the newborn and admitted her to the hospital.  Doctors said the baby was safe." "CCTV footage of the scene is being collected to find out who left the child," he added. Also read: Newborn’s body found in Buriganga OC Alamgir made headlines in 2017 with a similar act: some may recall the incident of a newborn being rescued from a dustbin in the Colonel Hat locality of the Port City.

The law enforcers have arrested a man for “raping” his seven-year-old cousin in Chattogram city’s Baluar Dighi.

At least 15 workers were injured as a lift of a garment factory collapsed in Chandgaon area of Chattogram city on Wednesday. 

United States-based charity organisation Meah Family Foundation (MFF) has donated $11,250 as support to the Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) for treatments of COVID-19 patients.

Three people, including a physician of Chittagong Medical College Hospital, died from coronavirus in Chattogram on Thursday.

A young man died from coronavirus at Chittagong Medical College Hospital on Tuesday.

Eid is an occasion of boundless joy and happiness. It is also one of saddest moments for those loving mothers and fathers who are being forced to celebrate Eid without their sons and daughters around them amid the coronavirus outbreak. This Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival for Muslims in Bangladesh and beyond, has turned out to be a different Eid amid the pandemic.

Jinnat Ali, who was regarded as Bangladesh’s tallest person, died at a Chattogram hospital early Tuesday. He was only 23.   Jinnat, who was 8 feet 6 inches, breathed his last at the Intensive Care Unit of Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) around 3am, said his elder brother Elias Ali.

A housewife was killed and her two daughters were injured as the roof of their house collapsed on them at Sadeknagar village in Fatikchhari upazila on Thursday morning.