Mokammel Shuvo

People of Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila have been hearing loud sounds of explosions in Myanmar’s Rakhine state over the last two days.

Cox's Bazar is the main hub of salt production in the country and officials estimate 38,000 metric tonnes of salt are being produced each day.

Thousands of tourists flocked to Cox's Bazar beach this weekend amid the extreme heatwave when the country has been witnessing the record high temperatures in April in 76 years

The fighting in Myanmar between the military junta and the Arakan Army across the border from Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar intensified yesterday, heightening anxiety on the Bangladesh side.  

Syed Akhbar, 60, a resident of Shikdarpara village under Cox’s Bazar Sadar upazila, went to a nearby community health clinic a year ago after experiencing an unusual, recurring headache.

Powerful syndicates are involved in lifting earth and sand illegally in Cox’s Bazar, generating no less than Tk 5 crore daily from this business.

The killing of Sazzaduzzaman, 30, a forest officer in Cox’s Bazar, was not the first time that a forest official got killed by those involved in hill razing and tree felling in the forest areas of Cox’s Bazar.

The bilateral trade between Bangladesh and Myanmar through the Teknaf land port came to a complete halt on Sunday due to the escalation of the fighting in Rakhine state between the government forces in the Southeast Asian nation and the rebel Arakan Army.

Different marine species, including sea turtles and dolphins, have been dying on Cox’s Bazar shore in recent times.

A possible retaliation by Myanmar forces to regain territories in Rakhine may force more Rohingyas to enter Bangladesh in the coming days, said Rohingya leaders living in Teknaf.

Amid fighting between Myanmar troops and the rebel Arakan Army on the other side of the Naf river, a small boat carrying five Rohingyas, including a woman with bullet wounds, arrived at the Shahporir Dwip jetty in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf yesterday evening.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

After a lull for two days, fresh gunfights broke out in Myanmar near Ghumdhum border in Bandarban’s Naikhongchhari upazila yesterday afternoon.

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.

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.

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.