Mokammel Shuvo

Rohingya refugees and locals of Cox’s Bazar have expressed a deep concern over the reduction in funds for food aid.

In recent days, the number of snails and oysters washing ashore has visibly increased in St Martin’s Island.

Tickets for the Dhaka-Cox’s Bazar route, introduced in December 2023, remain in high demand and sell out within an hour of release. This high demand fuels ticket black marketing.

The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) has allegedly been using red soil from neighbouring hills for the construction of a one-kilometre road in Machkaria area of Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya upazila over the past two weeks.

Tension has been rising along the Naf river border after the Arakan Army, a Myanmar rebel group, seized another Teknaf Port-bound trawler on Tuesday.

Arakan Army seizes another trawler on Tuesday

A clean-up effort will be launched in St Martin’s Island under Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar in mid-February following suspension on tourism activities for next nine months

Cross-border trade between Bangladesh and Myanmar through Teknaf Land Port is in disarray as the Arakan Army, a Myanmar-based rebel group, disrupts ship movement along the Naf river estuary.

All tourist vessels to Saint Martin’s island will cease operations from the start of February, with travel to the country’s only coral island prohibited from February to October as per government directives.

Business owners and residents are anxiously awaiting a government response to their appeals for an extension

Trees felled under the pretext of an auction citing Cyclone Hamoon damage

The government has cancelled the allotment of 155.7 acres of reserved forest land allocated to Shaheed ATM Zafar Alam Cadet College in Ramu upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

Amid the ongoing conflicts in Myanmar, Rohingyas are crossing into Bangladesh at different points of the 270km border between the two countries.

If you call your friends and relatives, you may find that some are off in the hills of Sajek valley of Rangamati or the sandy beaches of Cox’s Bazar and other tourist hotspots across Bangladesh.

The local tourism industry was suffering from apprehension over the loss of business amid a long recession stemming from mass unrest, which began in July

At least 300 Rohingyas have been waiting to enter Bangladesh after the rebel Arakan Army (AA) claimed to have full control of Rakhine’s Maungdaw district, which includes the entire 270km of the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, according to locals and other sources at the border.

Locals and Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar are in fear amid reports of the Arakan Army’s takeover of the Rakhine State and full control of the 270km Myanmar border with Bangladesh.

The 2,000-tourist quota for overnight stay remained unfilled on the first two days

With temperatures around Bangladesh dropping ahead of winter, hotels, restaurants and tourist attractions around Cox’s Bazar are being crowded by visitors.

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.