Scare on Marine Drive: Accidents, deaths on rise due to rent-a-bikes
Unauthorized rent-a-bike services are rapidly increasing on Cox’s Bazar’s 80-kilometer-long Marine Drive Road, leading to a growing number of accidents and fatalities.
Esmat Ara Issu
Cox's Bazar correspondent
Tourism business in Cox’s Bazar revives with Eid
After months of business downturn due to Ramadan and the political situation, the tourism sector in Cox’s Bazar is finally seeing a ray of hope with the upcoming Eid celebrations. Tourism-related businesses in the coastal city expect full occupancy and booming business during the Eid holidays.
Rohingya population poses big challenge to voter list update
Like other districts across the country, a voter list update campaign is underway in Cox's Bazar as well. However, the difference in the pace and challenges of the activities in cities and villages is clear depending on the area.
Over 100 turtles die during nesting season on Cox’s Bazar coast
From Teknaf’s Sabrang to Nazirartek, the shores of Cox’s Bazar have witnessed an alarming number of Olive Ridley turtle deaths. A team of researchers from the Bangladesh Oceanographic Research Institute (BORI) has recovered 86 dead turtles over the past four days.
Project that keeps Sonadia Island in darkness
A project by the Bangladesh Economic Zone Authority (BEZA) has become the primary reason for Sonadia Island's lack of development.
Sonadia Dwip lease suspended, saved from destruction
The suspension of the lease granted to the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) for Sonadia Dwip (Island) has been welcomed by the island's residents and environmentalists. They believe that this decision will save the island's mangrove forests, the only one of its kind in the southeastern coastal region, and the safe breeding grounds of marine turtles, preserving its green canopy, biodiversity, and ecosystem from destruction.