Cox's Bazar

Four killed in Cox's Bazar road crash

At least four people, including three Rohingyas, were killed, and 10 others injured, in a road crash in Ukhia upazila on the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf highway yesterday.
16 July 2018, 18:00 PM

3 school kids drown in Cox's Bazar

Three students of Chakaria Grammar School in Chakaria upazila of Cox's Bazar drowned and two others remained missing after swimming in the Matamuhuri river under Matamuhuri Bridge on the Cox's Bazar-Chittagong highway yesterday afternoon.
14 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Cautionary signal 2 for river ports

River ports of Faridpur, Madaripur, Khulna, Barishal, Patuakhali, Noakhali, Cumilla, Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar is advised to hoist riverine warning signal number two till 1:00 pm.
11 June 2018, 04:49 AM

Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf road link snapped

The road communication between Cox's Bazar and Teknaf remains suspended since early morning following a hill slide due to heavy rainfall caused by the low pressure developed in the Bay.
10 June 2018, 04:40 AM

Govt okays felling over 3,200 trees in Gazipur, Cox’s Bazar

Bangladesh government okays the chopping down of over 3,200 trees from reserve forests in Gazipur and Cox’s Bazar for separate project works.
14 May 2018, 09:00 AM

HC asks govt to stop cutting hills in Cox's Bazar

The High Court directs the government and the authorities concerned to immediately stop cutting hills in Jhilongja area of Cox's Bazar in order to protect its environment.
5 April 2018, 16:03 PM

200,000 more to arrive in coming weeks

The International Rescue Committee fears around two lakh more Rohingyas will flee to Bangladesh in coming weeks, exacerbating an already "unimaginable humanitarian crisis" in Cox's Bazar that already hosts over eight lakh refugees.
12 November 2017, 18:00 PM

3 Rohingya youths held with 20,000 yaba in Teknaf

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members has arrested three Rohingya youths along with 20,925 pieces of yaba from Naf river in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
30 September 2017, 11:15 AM

Govt to set up camp for new arrivals

The government has decided to set up a camp in Cox's Bazar to accommodate all newly arrived Rohingyas from Myanmar and also
5 September 2017, 18:00 PM

4 children washed away by floodwaters in Cox’s Bazar

The bodies of four children are recovered after they were washed away by floodwaters in Ramu and Ukhiya upazilas of Cox’s Bazar.
6 July 2017, 15:16 PM

A third of forests, hilly land grabbed

Amzad Hossain came from his village Moghnama in Pekua upazila to Cox's Bazar town two decades ago and began working as a newspaper hawker. He bought two decimal land and built a house on a hilltop at Baiddyaghona.
18 June 2017, 18:00 PM

AL leader found dead at Cox’s Bazar hotel

Police recover the body of an Awami League leader, hanging from a noose tied to a ceiling fan, at a hotel in Cox’s Bazar.
30 April 2017, 11:30 AM

'Bravo! This is amazing'

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza might be on a holiday at Cox's Bazar, but with Bangladesh's cricketers putting in one of their best Test performances in Chittagong, he barely managed to move away from his television set.
23 October 2016, 18:00 PM

AL MP impedes eviction, reprimands govt officials in Cox's Bazar

A ruling Awami League lawmaker uses his musclemen to interfere an eviction drive of the Cox’s Bazar forest department and reprimand government officers for carrying out the drive.
18 September 2016, 14:38 PM

Shakib Al Hasan's close shave

The sports fraternity is shaken by the news that Shakib narrowly escaped a tragic incident when the chopper that dropped him off earlier, crashed in Ukhia upazila of Cox's Bazar.
16 September 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

One year a slave

A 15-year-old who boarded a boat in 2014 at Teknaf in Cox's Bazar believing he would earn a fortune in Malaysia, returned home on
10 June 2016, 18:00 PM

The never-built dream home

During his visit to Bangladesh over 38 years ago, Muhammad Ali was gifted a piece of land in Cox's Bazar by a local. The overwhelmed boxer had then reacted by saying he would like to make a dream home there one day. He said he had now a home to come to in case he ever was banished from his native land.
4 June 2016, 18:00 PM

What about the land promised to Ali?

Ever since Muhammad Ali's historic visit to Bangladesh 37 years ago, there has been this occasional speculation in local media as to what happened to the piece of land in Cox's Bazar which was promised to the legendary boxer.
4 June 2016, 06:52 AM

Some relief at beach

Even a few years ago tourists did not dare to go to the beach in Cox's Bazar late at night, but the scenario has changed after Tourist
28 May 2016, 18:00 PM