Karnaphuli

An idle luxury: Built at a cost of Tk450 crore, this rest house near Parki Beach in Anwara upazila has stood unused for six months. Perched on the southern bank of the Karnaphuli, the facility now awaits a private lease as the Bridge Division seeks to put it to use. Photo: Md Minhaz Uddin
Infrastructure

Karnaphuli Tunnel’s service area holds tourism promises, but tall order ahead

Site requires further development, redesign for tourism success, industry insiders say

A traditional Sampan boat race held on the Karnaphuli River in Chattogram aims to raise public awareness about pollution and encroachment threatening the river. The photo was taken on Sunday afternoon (11 May) at Abhayamitra Ghat. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS
Bangladesh

Sampan Baich: A colourful call to protect Karnaphuli

Infographic: TBS
Infrastructure

Ctg's Karnaphuli residential project to get water supply after 30 years

Hundreds of villagers blocked the PAB road in front of Daulatpur School in Chattogram's Karnaphuli on 27 March 2025. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Ctg residents again block roads protesting elephant attack, demand immediate action

Hundreds of local residents blocked the PAB Road in the Shahmirpur Jamadar Para area of Karnaphuli upazila of Chattogram after an infant was killed and the mother put in critical condition. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Child dies in Ctg elephant attack amid vigilance team's absence over payment

The protesting boatmen have suspended the movement of engine-driven sampans at major ghats today (21 October). Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Ctg Sampan boatmen stage sit-in strike to get back ghat lease, revenue

Karnaphuli Suraksha Parishad organised the event on the occasion of World River Day 2024 at the Chittagong Press Club premises today (22 September). Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Ctg residents demand national river status for Karnaphuli

representational Image. Tin-shed houses have been built on the banks of the Karnaphuli River. Photo: Md Minhaz Uddin/TBS
Districts

Leasing suspension on Karnaphuli ghats leads to revenue loss for Ctg city

Photo: TBS
Environment

Call to save Karnaphuli at Ctg 'Sampan Baich'

Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Stop encroachment on Karnaphuli River: HC

Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury inaugurates the Karnaphuli Modern Fire Service and Civil Defense Station in Karnafuli upazila of Chattogram. PHOTO: COURTESY
Bangladesh

Modern fire station opens in Karnaphuli 

Photo: UNB
Energy

Power generation from Karnaphuli Power Station rises as Kaptai Lake swells

Karnaphuli River. Photo: BSS
Bangladesh

Schoolboy found dead in River Karnaphuli, another remains missing