(1991 pop. 1.4 million). Chittagong is the primary port and second largest manufacturing city in Bangladesh. It is located on coast of the Bay of Bengal, 164 miles southeast of Dhaka. Previously a center of Buddhism, Chittagong came under the rule of...

Chittagong (Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম, Chôţţogram) is Bangladesh's chief seaport and its second-largest city. The capital of the eponymous district and division, it is situated in the southeastern portion of the country, and was built on...

Separatist guerrillas in the Chittagong Hill Tracts in southeastern Bangladesh have agreed to talk with government negotiators. These talks may end 19 years of warfare between the area's tribesmen, who are Hindu, Muslim and Christian and the Islamic government. AFTER 19 years of...

(FRANCE) A Zeaux production. Produced by Leon Desclozeaux. Executive producer, Shishir Bhattacharja. Directed by Leon Desclozeaux. Screenplay, Desclozeaux, Olivier Marvaud, Anita Sool, Jaques Dubuisson, Annick Denoyelle, based on an original idea by Desclozeaux. Camera (color), Georgy Fomentin; editor, Anne-France Lebrun; music,...

Mudslides, flooding and lightning strikes washed away shanties, inundated cities and killed at least 108 people with scores still missing in Bangladesh's annual monsoons, officials said Tuesday.The worst-hit area was the hilly port city of Chittagong, where large chunks of earth slid off the soaked...

At least 62 people were killed and many others were injured Monday in mudslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains in a hilly port city in southeastern Bangladesh, rescue officials and witnesses said.The worst-hit area was a congested shantytown near a military area in Chittagong, where...