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
February 17, 2024
Myanmar Conflict: Boats on Naf spark fear of fresh influx
Amid continuous fighting between Myanmar troops and the armed group called Arakan Army, many residents of Rakhine State have taken shelter on small boats on the Naf river along the border.
February 16, 2024
330 Myanmar nationals sent back
A total of 330 Myanmar nationals who crossed the border and took shelter in Bangladesh to escape the fighting between the Myanmar junta and the Arakan Army returned to their country yesterday.
February 10, 2024
Panic returns in Ghumdhum
Villagers of Ghumdhum area in Bandarban, who returned to their homes on Thursday after spending days at makeshift shelters, have been in constant fear as gunshots kept rocking the neighbourhoods at regular intervals yesterday.
February 7, 2024
Lull in fighting on Myanmar border: BGB, local officials
After fierce fighting across the border from Cox's Bazar and Bandarban between the Myanmar army and rebel group Arakan Army over the last week, officials and locals said today that the intensity of battle has reduced over the last 24 hours
February 5, 2024
Tensions spill over Tumbru border
At least 68 Myanmar border guards, 15 of them bullet-hit, took refuge in Bandarban yesterday as fighting raged close to the border in the district’s Tumbru area.
February 4, 2024
Battle resumes across the border in Myanmar
After a lull for two days, fresh gunfights broke out in Myanmar near Ghumdhum border in Bandarban’s Naikhongchhari upazila yesterday afternoon.
February 2, 2024
Fighting Near Myanmar Border: Gripped by fear, many leave their Ghumdhum homes
Hundreds of people who live near the zero line along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Ghumdhum of Bandarban’s Naikhongchhari have been staying elsewhere out of fear.
February 1, 2024
Naikhongchhari: Locals nervy as fighting goes on in Myanmar
Residents of Ghumdhum border area in Bandarban’s Naikhongchhari upazila have been passing sleepless nights for the last few days as they feel insecure due to fighting between Myanmar security forces and rebel group Arakan Army across the border.
January 29, 2024
Teknaf Border: Mortar shells, shots fired from Myanmar
Security has been beefed up along the Myanmar-Bangladesh border areas in Cox’s Bazar as the ongoing conflict has intensified in Rakhine state on the other side of the fence.
January 22, 2024
Weight tampering at Benapole port: Scammers go scot-free
The Bangladesh Land Port authorities held no one responsible for the weight tampering of imported goods at its weighbridge scales, more than six months after the massive scam was unearthed.
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