Police in Bangladesh have arrested one person and are looking for nine others suspected of killing a forest officer after he caught them illegally excavating soil in a protected area of the country’s southern Cox’s Bazar district. The incident highlights what experts say is a worrying trend of law enforcement
Author: Rafiqul Islam
Indigenous effort in Bangladesh helps reverse endangered fish’s slide to extinction
Lika Chakma, 37, sways she can still remember her childhood days when the springs in the Digholchari Hajachara area of eastern Bangladesh, where she grew up, flowed year-round. These perennial water bodies supported not only the lives and livelihoods of the communities in the region, but also diverse fish and
Red serow populations threatened in country
High prevalence of undetected hypertension found in Bangladesh
Since her childhood, Parveen Begum, 52, has been adding extra salt while eating her meals. However, she did not know that this contributed to high blood pressure. Recently, she suffered severe headaches, forcing her to go to a physician, and when the doctor checked her health, he she had hypertension. Women Advocates
Saudi implements mega projects to provide unforgettable experience to pilgrims
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the custodian of the Islamic faith's two holiest sites, Makkah and Madina, is ushering in a new era of religious enlightenment. Several mega projects have been initiated to reinvent the experience of the millions of pilgrims that flock to Makkah and Madinah every year. In recent
Rohingya camps become dengue hotspots
With the monsoon in Bangladesh, Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar have emerged as a dengue hotspot, with the mosquito-borne disease continuing to spread among the stateless refugees. “A total of 1,066 dengue cases were reported in highly cramped refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar up to May 23 this year, while
Bangladesh fish exposed to hormones, antibiotics and toxic waste
Bangladesh has recently achieved remarkable success in freshwater fish production due to its fast-growing aquaculture, securing third place in global freshwater fish farming. The country produced more than 1.25 million metric tons of freshwater fish in 2020 while it was only 440,000 metric tons in 1980, according to the United Nations
Trafficking, habitat loss spell doom for Bangladesh’s hoolock gibbons
On Oct. 8 this year, police in Bangladesh recovered an endangered western hoolock gibbon from a passenger bus in the Chunati area of the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway. They also arrested two suspected wildlife traffickers, who were later convicted in court and sentenced to a year in prison and fined 10,000
Habitat loss, climate change threaten Bangladesh’s native freshwater fishes
Khalilur Rahman, 65, has been fishing in a tributary of the old Brahmaputra River in Kishoreganj for 50 years. Nowadays, he often returns home empty-handed. “The river has dried up. Without enough flow of water, many species of fish have disappeared,” he said. Khalilur said when he was young, the Brahmaputra had
