Rohingya camps: Violence rears its head after a year of relative calm
7 September 2026
After a year of decline, violence between armed groups in the Rohingya camps has risen.
7 September 2026
Fraud network scatters after Cox’s Bazar raid
7 September 2026
Around 250-300 Chinese and Taiwanese nationals, reportedly part of an online financial fraud network, have gone on the run after six of their cohorts were arrested from two hotels in Cox’s Bazar on Thursday night.
7 September 2026
Island Girl: A broken dream
6 September 2026
A New Zealand family spent more than two years building a wooden catamaran in Cox’s Bazar. Their dream ended when the catamaran broke apart and their 16-year-old son was lost at sea
6 September 2026
Marine fish catch slumps amid overfishing, habitat loss
6 September 2026
Years of overfishing, destructive fishing practices and damage to marine habitats are depleting Bangladesh’s fish stocks, with catches of hilsa and other marine species falling sharply.
6 September 2026
Told surfing was not for girls, Fatema now heads to Asian Games for Bangladesh
3 September 2026
The 17-year-old Cox’s Bazar surfer will compete in Japan as surfing makes its Asian Games debut, alongside men’s representative Abdul Mannan
3 September 2026
‘We want to go home’
26 August 2026
“I want to be a doctor,” said 16-year-old Syed Kasim, a class six student living in the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar.
26 August 2026
Sentenced to die for another man’s crime
15 August 2026
What began as a case of identity fraud nearly sent the wrong man to the gallows.
15 August 2026
Once a forest now a landscape of loss
15 August 2026
About two and a half kilometres southeast of Dulahazara Bazar in Cox’s Bazar’s Chakaria upazila, along a winding rural road, lies Paglir Bil Road.
15 August 2026
Cox's Bazar tourist death: Parasailing firm operated without approval
Officials allege Fly Air Sea Sports ignored weather, weight and rescue safety rules; owner and staff remain absconding
2 August 2026
Greed of a few leaves thousands waterlogged
Illegal occupation of secondary canals, vital for draining rainwater, significantly worsened the recent deadly floods in the Chattogram region.
29 July 2026
World hepatitis day: One in five Rohingyas has Hepatitis C
One in every five adult Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar is living with Hepatitis C, a trend echoed among thousands of newly arrived refugees.
28 July 2026
Illegal sluice gate closures prolong flooding in Ctg, Cox's Bazar
Fish enclosures, salt farms blamed for slowing floodwater drainage
11 July 2026
‘Afraid to sleep every time it rains’
Days of relentless monsoon rain have left hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar fearing more landslides and flooding after at least 13 people were killed in rain-related disasters in the camps this week.
10 July 2026
‘Afraid to sleep’: Rohingya families fear hillside collapse in Cox’s Bazar camps
At least 13 refugees have died in rain-triggered landslides after days of relentless monsoon rain
9 July 2026
BGB on alert as airstrikes in Rakhine raise fears of new Rohingya influx
Repeated strikes near the Bangladesh border and growing insecurity in Maungdaw and Buthidaung have prompted heightened vigilance
2 July 2026
Landslide fears loom over Rohingya camps as monsoon deepens
Fund crisis forces cutback in slope stabilisation work, leaving thousands at risk
29 June 2026
Who is planting the landmines close to the border?
Victims' families wonder deep inside Bandarban's Naikhongchhari
22 June 2026
Cox’s bazar: Illegal shops return to Sugandha beach
Hundreds of illegal temporary shops have reappeared on Cox’s Bazar’s Sugandha beach during the Eid-ul-Azha holiday, undermining a major eviction drive carried out just three months ago.
5 June 2026
Eight years on, Akramul’s widow refuses to give up fight for justice
Ayesha Begum says raising two daughters after her husband’s killing has been the hardest struggle of her life
3 June 2026
Illegal beach shops return to Cox’s Bazar during Eid holiday
Over 450 structures reappear at Sugandha Point, months after authorities evicted 930 illegal establishments
3 June 2026
Waiting for word from the sea
Eight-year-old Junaid sat alone on the doorstep of a small house in a narrow alley of Samiti Para in Cox’s Bazar. Asked about his father, he struggled to speak. Tears filled his eyes before the words came.
31 May 2026
Waiting for word from the sea
In Cox's Bazar's Samiti Para, families of migrants missing after an Andaman Sea trawler disaster cling to hope
30 May 2026
A bleak Eid awaits Rohingya families
For Yasintara, a mother of three living in Rohingya camp 27 in Teknaf, performing Qurbani this Eid-ul-Azha is beyond imagination.
27 May 2026
Rohingya families face bleak Eid as food aid cuts deepen hardship in Cox’s Bazar camps
Many refugees say even buying meat has become impossible under reduced monthly assistance allocations
26 May 2026
Cox’s Bazar schools reel from teacher shortage
An acute teacher shortage has long been disrupting academic activities at government high schools across Cox’s Bazar.
26 May 2026
Rain, storms leave salt farmers counting losses
The salt production season in the country usually runs from November to May, with production peaking from April to May due to the intense summer heat
4 May 2026
Hills cut, forest land sold in Cox’s Bazar’s Khurushkul
Forest officials say little woodland remains in the union as organised groups continue hill cutting and occupation
1 May 2026
They left for Malaysia to change their fate, then went missing in the Andaman Sea
In Cox’s Bazar’s Samity Para, families say poverty drove men onto a dangerous route
20 April 2026