Lack of advanced firefighting equipment delayed efforts to control the fire.

About 3,000 kilogrammes of single-use plastic waste are dumped by tourists on the Saint Martin's Island of Cox's Bazar every day during the peak season, according to The Earth, a non-profit organisation working on community development and environment.

Entrepreneur of St Martin’s Island shares experience as islanders brace for Mocha

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Border Guard Bangladesh personnel were deployed with “heavy weapons” to the Saint Martin's island yesterday for checking smuggling and ensuring security of the tiny island in the Bay of Bengal.

Heavily armed Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) troopers are deployed at St Martin’s Island for ensuring overall security of the Island.

The government is mulling an online registration system for tourists willing to travel to Saint Martin's Island, in an effort to conserve biodiversity of the unique island.

Amid escalating diplomatic tension between Dhaka and Nay Pyi Taw, Bangladesh Foreign Ministry again summoned the Myanmar envoy here and lodged a strong protest as Myanmar continues to claim Saint Martin's island as its territory.

A tourist vessel with around 350 tourists got stuck in the Naf river after leaving Teknaf for Saint Martin's island this morning.

Myanmar has come up with another false claim showing Bangladesh's St Martin's Island as part of its territory, prompting Dhaka to lodge a strong protest.

Coast guards recover five lakh contraband yaba pills worth around Tk 25 crore in Saint Martin’s Island of Cox’s Bazar.