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Tk 2,900 fined, 16 cases filed for not wearing mask

A mobile court drive was conducted in Cox's Bazar on Tuesday in accordance with the Prevention, Control and Eradication of Infectious Diseases Act 2018. During this time, a fine of Tk 2,900 was levied in 16 cases for not wearing mask, despite repeated requests, instructions and warnings.&nb...

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UNHCR expands Covid-19 medical facility in Cox’s Bazar

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in collaboration with Government of Bangladesh inaugurated the expansion of medical services for patients with severe forms of Covid-19 in the Cox’s Bazar District Sadar Hospital on Monday, said a press release.Hospital Management Committee lawmaker Shaimum Sarwar...

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Cox’s Bazar bldg construction committee meeting held

The 23rd meeting of the Building Construction Committee was held under the chairmanship of Lt. Col. (Retd) Forkan Ahmed, Chairman of the Building Construction Committee and Chairman of the Cox's Bazar Development Authority. At that meeting, 56 building construction designs were presented fo...

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WFP, FAO host farmers’ market in Cox’s Bazar

To mark World Food Day and highlight the need to invest in local food production systems, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today distributed agricultural inputs to farmers and hosted a farmers’ market. The ...

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One held in Cox’s Bazar child rape case

Police arrested one of the alleged rapists of a schoolchild at Ramu upazila in Cox’s Bazar on Friday night. It is learnt, the child, a student of class five was violated at a Tea garden of Ramu Upazila on Friday evening. Rafiqul Islam, Additional Superintendent of Police of Cox's Baza...

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Tourist found dead at Cox’s Bazar hotel

Police have recovered the hanging body of a tourist housewife from a residential hotel room in Cox's Bazar on Thursday night.Cox's Bazar Sadar Police Station Inspector (Investigation) Dulal Chandra Dey said the body was recovered from Ikra Beach Resort, a residential hotel in the hotel-motel...

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UNHCR donates 5,000 tents for flood victims

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has donated 5,000 family tents to people affected by the recent floods in Bangladesh.The tents were handed over to the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society by the UNHCR authorities at a ceremony in the northern area of Cox's Bazar on Tues...

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Unique initiative taken for birds

‘Environment People’, an environmental voluntary organization, has taken an exceptional initiative to bring back the birds that have been lost and extinct for various reasons and to ensure the safe nesting of birds in the trees. This environmental organisation will set up 10,000 bir...

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Pvt varsity student drowns in sea beach

While bathing at Sea Gull Point of Cox’s Bazar beach, a student of East-West University named Fatin Itmam Mahmud, 23, drowned on Friday afternoon. Fatin Itmam Mahmud was the son of Mahmudul Hossain, of Mirpur 12, Basupara C Block in the capital. He was an Honours third year student of English ...

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479,353 children to be fed Vitamin A-Plus capsule in Cox’s Bazar

The Vitamin A-Plus campaign will start on October 4 and continue till October 18. This time 479,353 children will be fed vitamin A capsules in Cox’s Bazar district. Of these, 62,428 are children aged 6-11 months and 4,16,925 are children aged 12-59 months.This year, the campaign has undergone ...

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Cox’s Bazar journo Monaim Khan remembered

“Cox's Bazar senior journalist Abdul Monaim Khan, who died of coronavirus, was a shining example of honest journalism. If you want to be an honest journalist, you have to follow Monaim Khan. Monaim Khan was one of the few journalists in Cox's Bazar who worked honestly and never set foo...

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BCL leader’s tendons cut in Cox’s Bazar

Former general secretary of Cox's Bazar Government College unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Sakhawat Hossain's limbs have been amputated. During this time Sakhawat was also severely beaten. He was rushed to Chittagong Medical College Hospital. Cox's Bazar district BCL pr...

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Reshuffle in Cox’s Bazar police

As many as 34 inspectors including Officer-In-Charge of 8 police stations in Cox's Bazar have been transferred simultaneously. The transfer order was issued by police headquarters on Thursday.Cox's Bazar’s Ukhia Police Station OC Morzina Akhter, Ramu Police Station OC Abul Khair, Chaka...

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Campaign launched to remove illegal structures in Cox’s Bazar

Cox's Bazar Development Authority has launched a campaign to evict unauthorized installations in the city of Cox's Bazar. During this time, the unauthorized installations were bulldozed. The operation was carried out at Tekpara and Ghonarpara in the city from Monday morning to noon under the...

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Traders, farmers struggle as crab export to China suspended for six months

Due to the corona epidemic, export of crabs and eels (Kuche) to China has been suspended for more than six months. On the one hand, as the government is losing crores of taka in revenue, 10,000 families in the district involved in the crab industry have suffered huge losses and are struggling with t...

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Enclosure worker killed in lightning strike at Chakaria

A fisherman was killed in a lightning strike in Cox’s Bazar’s Chakaria upazila. One more person was injured in the incident.The incident took place at around 9pm on Saturday (September 19) in the area of Ilishia Fiska Fish Farm in West Baro Bheola Union of the upazila.The deceased was id...

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Stress laid on utilisation of marine resources

A seminar on the current state and future prospects of coastal marine culture in Cox's Bazar was held in the conference room of a hotel in Cox's Bazar on Sunday noon.Speakers at the seminar said, in order to move the country forward, marine resources must be used, among other things. There a...

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423,000 Yaba tablets seized in Teknaf

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members recovered 424,000 yaba tablets during a raid at Damdamia area in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday late night.BGB Teknaf 2 Battalion Commander Lt. Col. Mohammad Faisal Hasan Khan said a special patrol team of Damdamiya BOP under Teknaf Battalion was condu...

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Major Sinha Murder Police asked to hand over digital devices to investigating agency

After arresting Major Sinha's accomplice Shipra Debnath, Ramu police took away various devices including laptop, hard disk and pen drive. On August 19, the court ordered police to hand over 29 devices, including laptop hard disks etc that are in the custody of Ramu Police Station to RAB followin...

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3 APBn members suspended

Three members of the 16th Armed Police Battalion (APBn) arrested in connection with the murder of retired Major Sinha Mohammad Rashed have been suspended. Major Sinha's colleague Shipra Debnath is awaiting the order of the High Court without filing a case with the Cox's Bazar Sadar-Ramu poli...