Cox's Bazar
3 tourists stabbed and mugged in Cox’s Bazar
Three tourists have been mugged and stabbed at Cox’s Bazar beach.
41 NGOs withdrawn from Rohingya camps: FM
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen says 41 non-government organisations (NGOs) have been withdrawn from all kinds of activities in Cox's Bazar Rohingya camps for their wrongdoings.
Signal 3 issued for sea ports
The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra were advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal No 3.
Couple killed in Cox's Bazar landslide
A couple is killed when a chunk of earth of rain-soaked hill fell on their house in Chakaria upazila of Cox's Bazar.
2 killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’
Two persons are killed in a reported gunfight between Rapid Action Battalion and a drug dealer group in Cox’s Bazar.
UN urges int’l help for 1.2m Rohingyas
Top UN agency leaders have asked the international community to continue supporting the critical needs of 1.2 million people, Rohingya refugees and their local host communities, in south-eastern...
Play your role
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the United Nations to play a role in sending back over one million Rohingyas from Bangladesh to their homeland Myanmar.
Three ‘drug dealers’ killed in ‘gunfights’
Three alleged drug peddlers were killed in separate “gunfights” with law enforcers in Dhaka and Cox’s Bazar yesterday.
Wild elephants in danger
A big portion of the wild elephant population in southern Cox’s Bazar is at risk of being wiped out, experts say. The mammals are confined to small patches of hilly forests in Inani-Shilkhali area...
Cox’s Bazar forests in grave danger
The critical biodiversity areas in Cox’s Bazar -- Teknaf Wildlife Sanctuary, Himchhari National Park and Inani National Park -- face a grave risk of peril due to high level of human interventions...
EC to ensure Rohingyas not on voter roll
The Election Commission will take special measures to prevent Rohingyas from registering as Bangladeshi voters.