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Due to a low-pressure system formed over the Bay of Bengal, tidal waters have inundated parts of Kutubdia, Maheshkhali and Saint Martin’s Island in Cox’s Bazar.The tidal surge, influenced by the depression, has caused sea levels to rise by two to three feet.Over the past two days, heavy ...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained a youth with 30,000 Yaba tablets at the Marichya Joint Checkpost under the Ramu Battalion (30 BGB) during a special operation on Friday.The arrestee, identified as Imran (22), hails from Lengurbeel area of Haldia Palong Union in Ukhiya. Acting on a tip-off...
In a tribute to national martyr Elahi Manzoor Chowdhury, the Border Guard Public School in Cox’s Bazar has been renamed Shaheed Elahi Manzoor Chowdhury Public School, Cox’s Bazar. The renaming ceremony was held on Wednesday, organised by the 34 BGB Battalion.The initiative aims to preser...
A young man was electrocuted while allegedly attempting to burgle a shop in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar, in the early hours of Tuesday.The incident occurred in the Jadimura area of Ward No. 2, Rajapalong Union. The deceased, identified as Mohammad Riduan (22), was the son of Farid Alam from Hajirpara ...
Three suspects, including two Rohingya youths, have been arrested in connection with the murder of Syed Noor, a resident of Dargah Bill village in Rajapalong Union, Ukhiya. The arrests were made during a police operation from Monday afternoon.The detainees are Ismail (26), son of Achiur Rahman from ...
A week-long tree plantation campaign and tree fair began in Cox’s Bazar on Monday under the theme ‘Let’s plant in a planned way, and build a green Bangladesh.’ The event was inaugurated at 11am at the Shaheed Daulat Maidan of Cox’s Bazar Public Library.A colorful r...
Police on Saturday night arrested five members of a hill-based kidnapping gang from Marine Drive road near Lamar Bazar area of Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar in connection with the recent abduction of an autorickshaw driver and extortion of ransom.Firearms and ammunition were also recovered during the ...
A 14-year-old schoolboy drowned while swimming in the sea at Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday.Raiyan Nur Abu Sami, a Year-8 pupil at Cox’s Bazar Boys’ High School and son of Mohammad Ismail of Ghonarpara, left home around 09:00 without telling his family. He joined friends for a kick-about...
In separate operations in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar, large quantities of arms and ammunition were recovered by RAB and BGB on Tuesday. One identified member of a kidnapping gang was also arrested.RAB detained Mohammad Rubel (27), an associate of notorious criminal Shafi dacoit, during a three-hour r...
A case has been filed with Ukhiya Police Station against two shopkeepers accused of assaulting and molesting a woman following a dispute over exchanging a purchased saree.According to police, the woman, Dipu Barua (49), of West Ratna, Ukhiya, filed the complaint on Thursday night. The accused are Ab...
Body of another Chattogram University (CU) student, who went missing while bathing in the Himchhari beach alongwith two friends, has been recovered.The deceased was identified as Asif Ahmed, son of Rafiqul Islam from Bogura Sadar upazila. He was a first-year student in Development Studies Depa...
A low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal has led to continuous rainfall and rough sea conditions in Cox’s Bazar, severely affecting tourism in the region while thousands of people have been affected by the threat of landslides in Teknaf. As the downpour enters its fourth day, many touri...
A Chittagong University (CU) student drowned and two of his friends went missing while bathing at a beach in Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday morning.The trio were bathing at Himchhari beach when the sea was rough, according to inspector Somnath Basu of the Himchari Investigation Centre.The deceased was...
Cox's Bazar beach, the longest natural sea beach in the world with a length of 120km, is facing a severe environmental crisis.Untreated sewage from hundreds of hotels, motels, and resorts in Cox's Bazar is polluting the environment of the town as well as the sea, said local sources. The...
Government-distributed rice under the VGD (Vulnerable Group Development) card programme was handed out to needy women in Rajapalong Union of Ukhiya Upazila in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday morning.The distribution took place in the courtyard of the Rajapalong Union Parishad, where Ward No. 9 UP mem...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) 15 has arrested the alleged mastermind of a kidnapping gang,Zayed Hossain Faruq during a raid in West Morichya area under Haldia Palong Union of Ukhiya upazila, Cox’s Bazar. A large cache of weapons and RAB uniforms were recovered from his possession.The informatio...
A public meeting in Maheshkhali, Cox’s Bazar, organised by Dhara has called for the rehabilitation of climate refugees and protection of salt farmers, betel leaf growers, and fisherfolk.Held on Saturday night at Kalarmar Chhara Government Primary School, the meeting condemned unchecked industr...
A 19-year-old youth, Md. Parvez Mosharaf, died in a head-on collision between a motorcycle and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on the Marine Drive in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar. The accident occurred around 11:30 AM on Sunday in the Mathabhanga area of Baharchhara Union.Parvez, son of Abul Foyez from Magnama...
Members of BGB Cox’s Bazar Battalion (34 BGB) has apprehended two drug traffickers with 90,000 pieces of Yaba tablets in a special operation in Ukhiya on Thursday.The arrested women are Mosammat Golzahar, 33, and Mosammat Kulsum, 29, living in Block-C of Kutupalong Registered Camp in Ukhiya.Ac...
In a special raid in the forested area of Bilashi Dwip, near the Hwaikong border in Teknaf upazila, the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered a cache of arms and ammunition, including one locally-made pistol, 10 rounds of rifle ammunition, three 60 mm mortar shells, and four Arges hand grenades. A...
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