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To tackle Bangladesh’s escalating drug problem, the government has set up a task force in Cox’s Bazar.The task force is already seeing major results in dismantling drug networks active in Rohingya camps and border areas.Following a high-level meeting on 14 July at the BIAM Centre in Cox&...
Jasim Ahmad, a local Awami League activist and betel leaf seller at Morichya Bazar in Ukhiya upazila, has been re-arrested by police.On Saturday night, a team from Ukhiya Police Station detained him suddenly from his roadside shop.According to police sources, the arrest was made in connection with a...
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In a special operation at the Maricha joint checkpost, the Ramu Battalion (30 BGB) recovered 30,000 pieces of Burmese yaba tablets hidden inside a gas cylinder of a CNG-run autorickshaw. The estimated street value of the seized drugs is around Tk 9 million. One person, the CNG driver, has been arres...
A discussion on child protection was held on Thursday morning at the MR Convention Hall in Kotbazar, Ukhiya, with the active participation of religious leaders from different faiths.Organised by the Islamic Foundation, Ukhiya, the event was supported by World Vision, SHED, Food for the Hungry, Good ...
A youth was arrested with 90 Yaba tablets during a routine operation by Cox’s Bazar Battalion (34 BGB) at Rejukhal checkpoint on Sunday.At approximately 9:45 AM, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) stopped a CNG auto-rickshaw travelling from Sonarpara towards Cox’s Bazar and detained Md. Belal...
Police in Ukhiya arrested Mohammad Selim, a notorious fugitive linked to 13 serious crimes—including murder, abduction, drug trafficking, extortion, and violence against women and children—late Sunday night.Selim, from the Painnashia area of Jaliapalong Union, is the son of Nurul Islam, ...
An Australian national died in a motorbike accident on the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf Marine Drive road in the Inani Sonarpara area under Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Thursday evening.The deceased has been identified as Daniel Paul, 49, a resident of Sydney in Australia, Superintendent of Poli...
A three-member delegation led by France's Special Envoy for Myanmar, Christian Lechervy, visited the Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar on Sunday. The delegation observed various humanitarian aid activities in the camps and exchanged views with Rohingya refugees.The other members of the delegatio...
Three Rohingyas were critically injured due to a gas cylinder explosion at Ukhiya Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar on Sunday.The injured were identified as Md Ismail, 60, son of Md Mukul, Amena Khatun, 55, wife of Md Ismail, and Abdul Shukkur, 37, son of Md Sultan, all residents of camp no. 20 ext...
Sand is being extracted illegally from various canals at Palongkhali unon in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar, violating the government regulation. This is causing both erosion in the canal and environmental damage. Local influential syndicates are lifting thousands of cubic feet of sand fro...
A four-member delegation of the European Union (EU) visited the Ukhiya Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar on Wednesday and Thursday to monitor the living condition of Rohingya people and their activities at the camp. During the two-day visit, the delegation monitored the living condition of Rohin...
On Wednesday, August 16, 2024, Mukti Cox's Bazar, in collaboration with international donor organization” International Volunteers of Yamagata (IVY-Japan), with technical support from IVY and financial support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA), organized a discussion ses...
Various Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) working at Rohingya camp have occupied the reserved forest of the Forest Department in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar and built their establishments there.These NGOs have cleared out portions of the reserved forest in different areas and built their ...
Members of Ukhiya police station conducted a drive at Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday and arrested seven fugitives, including a Union Parishad (UP) Member, all of whom were wanted in various cases.All of the arrested individuals were involved with Awami League politics.The arrestees...
Disaster Management and Relief Adviser Farooq-e-Azam visited different Rohingya camps in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday and interacted with Rohingya people and NGO representatives.During his visit, Rohingya representatives sought the government's cooperation in repatriating them t...
The low-lying areas of Ukhiya upazila in Cox’s Bazar, including Rohingya camps, have inundated due to continuous rainfall. The croplands and vegetable gardens also went under water.Many houses and roads were damaged due to the torrential rain and gusty wind. Moreover, three Rohingyas of the sa...
At least 40 villages in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar district have been inundated due to onrush of hilly water and heavy rains for the last few days, leaving around 25,000 people stranded.Local sources said many houses, rural roads, culverts and betel leaf gardens have also been damaged by the...
A total of 50 sewing machines were distributed to the trained poor people of Ukhiya Upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Thursday. These sewing machines were distributed among the destitute women at the Upazila Parishad hall room.Former Female Vice-Chairman of Upazila Parishad and general secretary of Up...
The chairman candidate Humayun Kabir Chowdhury in Rajapalong Union Parishad by-election under Ukhiya upazila regained his candidacy by the order of the High Court on Thursady.Ukhiya Upazila Parishad Chairman Jahangir Kabir Chowdhury, younger brother of candidate Humayun Kabir Chowdhury, confirmed th...
The newly-elected Chairman of Ukhiya Upazila in Cox’s Bazar Jahangir Kabir Chowdhury, Vice-Chairman journalist Rassel Chowdhury and Woman Vice-Chairman Shahin Akhter took oath on Wednesday.Md Tofayel Ahmed, Commissioner of Chattogram Division, administered the oath of the newly-elected Chairma...
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