Ramu Mayhem: 7 years on, Uttam Barua still missing
Uttam Barua, the Buddhist youth whose Facebook page image was doctored with an anti-Islam post to incite the 2012 Ramu attack, is still missing.
29 September 2019, 18:00 PM
29 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Safety rules ignored in Cox's Bazar beach / Drowning a major concern
Drowning of tourists in Cox's Bazar sea beach remains a serious concern as a section of people often violate safety rules and get into the water in risky areas and times.
19 April 2017, 18:00 PM
19 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Huge potential, problems untouched
The largest wholesale market of dried fish, called shutki in Bangla, at Naziratek in Cox's Bazar is buzzing with activity as traders, workers and wholesalers have joined forces to make a good profit this time around.
1 February 2017, 18:00 PM
1 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Bumper betel nut yield in Cox's Bazar
Farmers in the district are all smiles this season as they reaped bumper crop of betel nuts.
23 November 2016, 18:00 PM
23 November 2016, 18:00 PM
3 lakh Rohingyas staying illegally
Apart from more than 32,000 registered Rohingyas in two refugee camps of Cox's Bazar, about three lakh of the ethnic minorities from Myanmar are living illegally in the district.
The statistics came from the first round of government census, held from February 1 to 23 to identify Rohingya families in Bangladesh.
17 June 2016, 18:00 PM
17 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Good days for salt farmers
Several thousand salt producers are happy seeing profits for the first time in three years after the government took up a policy
2 February 2016, 18:00 PM
2 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Betel nut sees bumper yield
A bumper production of betel nut and a fair price for the produce have put a big smile on the growers' faces in Ukhia
5 January 2016, 18:00 PM
5 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Dry fish trade thriving in Cox’s Bazar of Bangladesh
The coastal district of Cox's Bazar produces dried fish, called shutki in Bangla, worth around Tk 300 crore every year, with about one lakh people directly involved in the trade.
9 December 2015, 18:00 PM
9 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Cattle arriving from Myanmar
Cattle have started arriving in the country from neighbouring Myanmar ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
Local cattle traders say they have set a target for importing around 25,000 cattle from Myanmar.
16 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Packed into trawler unconscious
One of the 37 trafficking victims Myanmar handed over to Border Guard Bangladesh on Friday said human traffickers rubbed a balm type substance in his nasal passage
20 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Kidnapped, turned into slaves of past
“My arms and legs were tied in such a way that it was impossible for me even to change sides without help,” said Jewel, who was abducted and held captive by human traffickers in November last year.
2 June 2015, 08:27 AM
Desperate Bangladeshi fortune-seekers embark on dangerous sea voyage to Malaysia
The voyage that Jewel Barua had made to Thailand on a cargo vessel crammed with several hundred deceived jobseekers tells of a harrowing journey redolent of a time when slave trade was a profitable business across continents.
6 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Traffickers call departure points in Teknaf of Bangladesh ‘Malaysia airports’
Teknaf upazila is the south-eastern tip of Bangladesh, a perfect place for boats to set sail in secrecy.
5 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Traffickers kidnap Bangladeshis and send to Malaysia as slave labour
Emran Hossain and Mohammad Ali Zinnat did an extensive investigation into human trafficking from Bangladesh to Malaysia. For over three months, they carried out a thorough research, interviewed trafficking victims, brokers and rights groups, and travelled to the southeastern coastal areas before reporting on the clandestine crime that brings to mind the horror of slave trade of the past.
4 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Slave Trade Booms In Dark Triangle
Promising jobs in Malaysia, transnational human traffickers held about 2.5 lakh Bangladeshis captive in Thailand...
3 May 2015, 18:00 PM