Ship departs with 653 tourists on Cox's Bazar-Saint Martin route
Ship departs with 653 tourists on Cox's Bazar-Saint Martin route

Tourist ships have restarted services on the Teknaf-Saint Martin route in Coxs Bazar after a nine-month hiatus. A ship named Baro Aulia departed from the BIWTC terminal in Nuniyar Chhara, Coxs Bazar, with 653 tourists on board, heading towards Saint Martin at 10 am on Sunday. Earlier,...

Matarbari power plant resumes production after one-month closure
Matarbari power plant resumes production after one-month closure

The Matarbari coal-fired power plant in Coxs Bazar has resumed operations after being closed for a month due to a coal shortage. The power plant resumed operation on Saturday afternoon with the first unit supplying electricity to the national grid, reports The Business Standard. According to...

ICC chief prosecutor visits Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar
ICC chief prosecutor visits Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar

The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim AA Khan visited the Rohingya camps in Ukhia, Coxs Bazar, on Tuesday. He arrived at Camp No. 1 at around 9:30 am, where he discussed the genocide committed against the Rohingya people. Following his initial stop, Khan toured...

Refugees in world’s largest camps mobilize to fight back against Myanmar's military
Refugees in world’s largest camps mobilize to fight back against Myanmar's military

In July, Rafiq quietly slipped out of the worlds largest refugee camp in southern Bangladesh and crossed into Myanmar by boat. His destination: a ravaged civil war in the country he had fled in 2017. Like Rafiq, thousands of Rohingya insurgents have emerged from camps in Coxs Bazar, home to over a...

Border Guard Bangladesh seizes 100,000 yaba pills in Cox’s Bazar
Border Guard Bangladesh seizes 100,000 yaba pills in Cox’s Bazar

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) successfully seized 100,000 Yaba pills early Wednesday morning in the Palongkhali border area of Ukhiya upazila, Coxs Bazar district. Acting on a tip-off, a team from BGB-34 launched a special operation in the Farir Beel area at around 1:30 AM. During the...