Sohanur Rahaman

Md Sohanur Rahaman is a Staff Reporter at The Business Standard with over seven years of experience. He covers crime, public safety, wildlife and conservation, local governance, city affairs, environment, and public health. He can be contacted at chtsohanur@gmail.com.

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A Dhaka hospital's Dengue ward. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS
Health

Dengue surges beyond Dhaka as hospitals struggle with rising cases

Between lake waters and dense evergreen hills, a herd of Asian wild elephants moves quietly. Photo: Samir Mallik
Panorama

Neighbour from the forest: How Barkal’s local community learned to live with wild elephants

Endangered spectacled langurs rescued after being trafficked into the remote hills of the Chattogram Hill Tracts. Photo: Courtesy
Panorama

From forest to market: Following Chattogram's wildlife trafficking trail

A Tk6 crore aquatic weed harvester sits unused at the Chattogram City Corporation’s workshop, years after it was procured to clear water hyacinth and floating waste from the city’s canals. Photo: TBS
Infrastructure

Bought to clear canals, city corps now struggle to find use for Tk50cr aquatic weed harvesters

AI-powered surveillance cameras have been installed at the Bijoy Sarani intersection in Dhaka. The camaras will monitor traffic violations under a new e-prosecution system, detect offences including signal violations, wrong-way driving, riding without helmets and mobile phone use while driving. The photo was taken on 7 May 2026. FILE PHOTO: SYED ZAKIR HOSSAIN/TBS
Bangladesh

Ctg police plan AI cameras, camps to disrupt 'crime corridor' linking hills

Police escort several arrested foreign nationals from a building in Khulshi, Chattogram, following a raid on 11 September 2026. Photo: TBS
Crime

63 foreign nationals arrested in Ctg: Software operation run from single room, no passports found, say police

File Photo: Rajib Dhar
Health

Chattogram doctors warn of dengue 'critical phase' as cases rise

Chattogram generates around 3,200 tonnes of waste daily, but the city corporation collects only about 2,200 tonnes, leaving the rest unmanaged. Ageing equipment, limited manpower and weak collection systems cause waste to spill onto roads, into drains, canals and water bodies, worsening waterlogging, pollution and public health risks. The photo was recently taken at a dumping station in the Anandabazar area of Halishahar, Chattogram. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin
Infrastructure

Ageing equipment leaves 1,000 tonnes of Chattogram waste uncollected daily

CCC workers wash and clean the Lalkhan Bazar–Kazir Deori road ahead of the Prime Minister's visit. Photo taken on Thursday afternoon, August 6. Photo: Sohanur Rahaman / TBS
Bangladesh

Ctg gets facelift ahead of PM Tarique's visit on Sunday

David Emon granted a 5-day remand by a Chattogram court today, 12 August 2026. Photo: Minhaj Uddin/TBS
Bangladesh

David Emon’s remand brings relief, but Chattogram businesses remain wary

Police stand with David Emon and three of his associates following their arrest in Jashore’s Jhikargachha border area on 29 July. Photo: TBS
Crime

Police arrest David Emon, alleged aide of Ctg gangster Boro Sazzad, near Jhikargacha border

Vast areas of Sheikh-er-Khil in Banshkhali remain submerged after days of heavy rainfall and hill runoff, leaving hundreds of families homeless and awaiting relief and rehabilitation. The photo was taken from Ward No. 5 of Sheikh-er-Khil on 14 July 2026. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS
Health

Diarrhoea cases emerge across Chattogram after floods, over 200 hospitalised

Illustration: TBS
Health

164 dengue cases reported in 13 days as Ctg battles rain-induced outbreak