Tourism in Cox’s Bazar gaining momentum
With temperatures around Bangladesh dropping ahead of winter, hotels, restaurants and tourist attractions around Cox’s Bazar are being crowded by visitors.
2d ago
Bodi: Yaba overlord’s reign of terror
Former Awami League MP Abdur Rahman Bodi pulled all the strings in the murky world of Cox’s Bazar. His name surfaced in at least five intelligence reports, each painting a darker picture of his involvement in yaba trade and smuggling.
4d ago
Salt farmers depressed by low prices
The cracked and barren fields around the Chowfaldandi village in Cox's Bazar suggest that the season for salt cultivation has arrived. However, disheartened by low market prices of the daily essential, very few farmers are preparing their land for that purpose..According to farmers, prices
1w ago
A sacred struggle: South Hnila Temple community calls for an end to encroachment
Tears streamed down Maw Ting’s face as she lit candles before a Buddha statue over a century old at the South Hnila Boro Buddha Temple in Teknaf, Cox's Bazar today
1w ago
Tourists welcome, but Saint Martin’s remains deserted
Saint Martin’s Island officially opened for tourism at the start of November. Yet, there is not a single holidaymaker in sight as tour operators await permission to ferry visitors between the island and the mainland.
2w ago
Harmony in hard times
In the Najirartek area of Cox’s Bazar, 14-year-old Riya Moni finds solace and happiness in the tunes of her penny whistle, a small flute-like instrument.
3w ago
Explosions in Myanmar: Cracks develop in 25 earthen houses in Teknaf village
Cracks have developed in at least 25 earthen houses in a village in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar, due to aftershocks from bomb explosions across the border, according to the villagers.
1m ago
Matarbari power plant: ACC opens probe into Tk 1,000cr graft allegation
The Anti-Corruption Commission’s Cox’s Bazar integrated office has started a probe into the allegations of embezzlement of about Tk 1,000 crore from different works of the Matarbari coal-fired power plant project.
1m ago
September 21, 2021
From cultural activists to Covid volunteers
When the Covid-19 pandemic began, some cultural activists could not bear the thought of staying back home as everyone else suffered.
September 9, 2021
A bridge too low
An under-construction bridge on the Kapotaksha river in Jashore has been built with low vertical clearance, which will obstruct the movement of medium-size vessels, says a BIWTA official.
August 1, 2021
Bhabadah Waterlogging: WDB initiative ‘impractical’
The Water Development Board in Jashore has been trying to solve the longstanding problem of waterlogging at Bhabadah by pumping out stagnant water using 20 pumps since the beginning of the year.
June 15, 2021
Custom greenhouse enables faster yields
Imagine neat rows of vegetable saplings in the thousands growing in a temperature and humidity controlled environment fitted with drip irrigation and free from pests, capable of providing harvests 15 days in advance.
June 8, 2021
Indian variant could turn Khulna division into Covid-19 hotspot
People of Khulna division are at great risk of being infected with the Indian variant of coronavirus, as six of its districts have borders running for a total of 284 km with India, which is struggling to control the Covid-19 surge and the new variant -- B1617.
May 28, 2021
‘Heaven on earth’ now haven for plunderers
The movement restrictions and ban on tourist arrival, imposed to curb the spread of Covid-19, on the picturesque Saint Martin’s Island have come as a blessing for a few public representatives and their accomplices.
May 7, 2021
Eight returnees who fled hospital didn’t carry Indian variant
Eight Covid-19-positive Bangladeshis, who had returned from India and then fled from quarantine at Jashore General Hospital, were not infected by the Indian variant of coronavirus, according to the genomic sequencing report prepared by Jashore Science and Technology University’s genome centre.
July 2, 2020
Port users’ protest halts import from India through Benapole
Import from India through Benapole remained suspended since yesterday morning, as the port’s users and stakeholders went for protesting India’s restriction on exports from Bangladesh.
June 9, 2020
‘Tortured till kidney damage, bribed for release’
After Gopalganj farmer Nikhil, college student Imran from Jashore becomes second victim of alleged police brutality
May 31, 2020
Abduction, Murder in Libya: ‘Pay the money or else they die’
The Bangladeshi workers who were killed in Mizda town in Libya were kept hostage on the way to Tripoli from Benghazi by a group of international traffickers, comprising Libyans, Bangladeshis and Somalians, who demanded Tk 10 lakh from each of the hostages’ families.
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