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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...
A 22-year-old Rohingya youth was killed and a child was injured when a mud wall collapsed in a refugee camp at Ukhiya upazila in Cox's Bazar early Monday.The incident took place at Block D-3 East of Camp No. 2 in the upazila.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Ayas, son of Abul Fayez, a resi...
Due to a funding crisis, the education of approximately 230,000 Rohingya refugee children is now under serious threat, according to UNICEF.UNICEF warned that without sustainable international financial support, all forms of assistance for Rohingya refugees are at risk—particularly the basic em...
Due to the intense force of a cyclone formed over the Bay of Bengal, abnormal tidal surges overflowed the Cheptakhali Sluice Gate in Magnama, Pekua Upazila of Cox’s Bazar, flooding nearby residential areas. Roads in Kakpara, Morichyadia Natun Para, and Napitardia were submerged. There were fea...
The Government of Bangladesh is actively working to resolve conflicts between Rohingya refugees and the local host communities, said Shamsud Douza Nayan, Additional Commissioner of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commission (RRRC) at a stakeholders' workshop held at a hotel in Cox’s Ba...
BGB arrested an infamous drug cartel from Ukhia of Cox's Bazar and recovered one lakh Yaba from his possession in the early hours of Wednesday. Lieutenant Colonel Jasim Uddin, Commander of BGB, 64 battallion of Ukhia informed a special patrol team of BGB of Heikong BOP tried to stop a susp...
Muhammad Mamun ,54, a retired sergeant of Bangladesh Army, son of late Amir Hamja of village Shatduniapara under Pekua Upazila was injured in the attack by his brothers as a sequel of land dispute, died during treatment at Pekua Upazila Health Complex under Cox's Bazar district on Saturday...
Members of the Coast Guards arrested five smugglers from Nazirartek coastal area of Cox's Bazar and recovered 340 sacks of cement from their possession during carrying those to Myanmar in a trawler through the sea, Lieutenant Commander Harun-ar-Rashid, Media Officer of Coast Guard Headquarters s...
Police and Coast Guard members in a joint operation recovered a huge consignment of firearms and ammunitions from Bridge No-14 of Teknaf land port in Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday.According to sources, responding a tip off, the joint forces members chased four people riding on a hill on the opp...
Fishermen in Teknaf have formed a human chain demanding full access to the Naf River for fishing, urging authorities to lift restrictions on the remaining closed sections.The demonstration took place Monday afternoon in front of the Cox’s Bazar Deputy Commissioner’s Office, organised und...
The issue of justice for the genocide committed against the Rohingyas due to ethnic violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state is a long and complex process involving many aspects, said the Chief Prosecutor of International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim A. A. Khan. He said that the ICC is tirelessly ...
The bodies of two children were recovered fifteen hours after they went missing while taking bath in the sea in Teknaf pazila of Cox’s Bazar sea beach on Sunday.The bodies were found on Monday morning.The deceased were identified as Nazrul Islam, 12, son of Md Nazir Ahmed, resident of Khunkar ...
A man hacked his mother to death after she reportedly refused to give him money for drugs at Paschim Barua Para in Cox’s Bazar municipality area on early Saturday. He surrendered to the police the same day.The deceased was identified as Anwara Begum, 55, wife of Niaz Ahmed.The detainee was ide...
RAB-15 rescued 31 people, including 26 Rohingyas and 5 Bangladeshi, from Teknaf of Cox's Bazar district on Monday. The rescued persons were being held in Teknaf’s Baharchhara Kachchapiya hilly area for trafficking to Malaysia through the sea.Two people were arrested in connection with the ...
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