Bakkhali river

Rivers like Bakkhali in Cox’s Bazar are shrinking by the day as illegal encroachment continues. Such actions are directly linked to our environmental crisis. Photo: TBS
Environment

Call for combating Bakkhali River pollution in Cox’s Bazar

Young people will take initiatives to combat this pollution and everyone should stand by their side and work to achieve a solution, Cox's Bazar Sadar Upazila Parishad’s Woman Vice Chairman...

Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

'Plastic use must be stopped in Cox's Bazar and Rohingya camps'

Photo (Representational): UNB
Bangladesh

Cox’s Bazar’s Bakkhali river port in limbo for 12 years

In the absence of a modern transportation system, the people in Moheskhali island depend on boats which transport them to the mainland only during high tide. During low tide, elderly people or pregnant women need to be carried to the boats. Photo: TBS
Transport

The muddy woes of digital island