Rohingya youth held with crystal meth worth Tk 53m in Teknaf

May 19, 2022

TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT The Border Guard Bangladesh or BGB has arrested a Rohingya youth in possession of 1.06kg of crystal meth worth Tk 53 million in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf. The arrested was identified as Shahidul Islam, son of late Ibrahim, living in B-block of Camp No. 26 in Teknaf’s Jadimora. The drugs were seized in a […]Continue Reading

PM urges for promoting Cox’s Bazar tourism without damaging natural beauty

May 18, 2022

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged all not to build indiscriminate establishments in Cox’s Bazar, saying her government is implementing projects to ensure its overall development maintaining natural beauty to make it a major global tourist destination. “It is solely needed to build Cox’s Bazar as a global tourist city. So, I request all particularly the Continue Reading

Two Rohingya men absconding in murder case arrested in Teknaf

May 10, 2022

TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT The Armed Police Battalion or APBn has arrested two absconding Rohingya men in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila. Mahmudur Rahman (19) and Syed Alam (28) were arrested at H-block of Nayapara registered camp around 7:00pn on Monday (May 9), of which both of them are residents, according to APBn sources. Both the arrestees had […]Continue Reading

Rohingya man caught trying to swim across border from Myanmar with drugs

May 9, 2022

TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT Border Guard Bangladesh or BGB troopers have arrested a Rohingya man in possession of 60 grams of crystal meth and 10,000 pieces of yaba tablets during a raid in the Naf River in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila. The arrestee has been identified as Md Saker Ali, 22, son of the late Kalu Mia, […]Continue Reading

Army chief inspects Khurushkul Special Shelter Project

May 7, 2022

Staff Correspondent, Cox’s Bazar Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed has inspected the Khurushkul Special Shelter Project under the supervision of the Bangladesh Army at Khurushkul Union in Cox’s Bazar’s Sadar upazila. While inspecting the project on Saturday (May 7), he observed the progress of the construction work of the project and gave […]Continue Reading

Reports on Rohingya children learning closure false, fabricated: MoFA

May 6, 2022

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has said the reports on closure of Rohingya children learning facilities and barring teachers or students to attend the classes are false and fabricated. “It is deep concern that disinformation is being propagated about the learning facilities for the Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMN)/Rohingya children,” the ministry Continue Reading

7 held with 1.2 lakh pieces of yaba tablets in St Martin’s

April 26, 2022

Teknaf Correspondent: Bangladesh Coast Guard has arrested seven people in possession of 102,000 pieces of yaba tablets during a raid near St Martin’s in the Bay of Bengal. The arrested have been identified as Rohingyas Hamid Hossain, Hossain Johar, Md Jobayer, Lal Mohammad, Md Yasin, hailing from Bangladesh Rohingya camps, and Bangladeshi citizens Bashir Ahmed […]Continue Reading

Denmark’s Crown Princess Mary visits Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar

April 26, 2022

Ukhiya Correspondent: Crown Princess of Denmark Mary Elizabeth visited a Rohingya camp at Ukhiya in Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday. She talked to Rohingyas and inquired about them, particularly their living conditions at the camp. On Tuesday morning (April 26), Princess Mary arrived at the Kutupalong Rohingya Camp. She first visited the Camp No 5. And […]Continue Reading

BGB recovers 6.5 lakh yaba tablets in Ukhiya; four held

April 23, 2022

Border Guard Bangladesh has arrested four people in possession of 650,000 pieces of yaba tablets at Karbunia under Ratnapalang Union Parishad in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya upazila. The arrested are Md Mahbub, 30, son of late Md Kabir Ahmed, hailing from Painashya Charparha area under Jaliapalang Union Parishad of Ukhiya; Sufia Sultana Sumi, 26, wife of […]Continue Reading

NGO worker raped; UP member sent to jail

April 13, 2022

A Union Parishad or UP member has been sent to jail by a Cox’s Bazar court on charges of raping a non-government organisation or NGO worker and making her undergo an abortion when she became pregnant. The District and Sessions Judge Court passed the order after M Manzur Alam, the member for Ward No 1 […]Continue Reading