Almost 20 per cent of the Rohingyas tested in the Cox's Bazar camps in Bangladesh have an active hepatitis C infection, a study carried out by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) indicates. A blood-borne virus, hepatitis C is a disease that can remain dormant for a long time in those infected. If
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Cox’s Bazar gets ready to host Eid tourists
Cox's Bazar, the world's longest natural sea beach which witnesses a slump of tourists during the past three months of the current season, is now gearing up to welcome huge tourists during the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays. Hotel businessmen, tour operators incurred losses in the past three months due to poor inflow of
BRAC Bank leaders engags agent banking partners
BRAC Bank leaders recently engaged at a town hall event in Cox's Bazar for its agent partners, a press release said Saturday. The conference, held at Cox's Today Hotel in Cox's Bazar on March 10, 2023. Agent field officers, and agent relationship officers from four regions, encompassing districts such as
Japan, IOM sign $5.7m assistance to Rohingyas
Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori on Monday said Japan would continue to work towards durable solutions including early repatriation of Rohingyas to Myanmar, while cooperating with international organizations including IOM for better living conditions for refugees and host communities. Finding durable solutions in this crisis will be conducive to our
60mw wind power plant to begin production in June
As part of the government’s sincere efforts to expand clean energy arena in the country, a 60-megawatt (MW) wind power project is scheduled to come into production in June, official sources said. The sources said that a private firm US-DK Green Energy (BD) Limited is setting up the country's first and
Cox’s Bazar: Reserved area to be allocated for women tourists
The district administration has taken initiative to designate a separate reserved area for women in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Additional District Magistrate of Cox's Bazar Md. Abu Sufian said, For those who are female tourists or veiled women, I am doing a reserved area of 100 or 150 yards. Anyone who is willing
Cox’s Bazar gears up to become world-class tourist destination
With the easing of restrictions at home and abroad, Bangladesh's tourism sector looks forward to a quick recovery from the huge losses it has suffered due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Both the government and private operators are banking more on Cox's Bazar that boasts of the world's longest unbroken sandy beach
15 Dead and 400 missing in Rohingya Camp Fire, says UN
At least 15 people have been killed in a massive fire that ripped through a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, while at least 400 remain missing, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday. “It is massive, it is devastating,” said UNHCR’s Johannes Van der Klaauw, who joined a Geneva briefing virtually
Rohingya camp fire: Death toll climbs to 7
At least seven people, including two children, were killed in a fire that broke out at the Balukhali Rohingya camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Monday. The identities of the deceased are yet to be established, police said Tuesday. Shahadat Hossain, an officer of Cox’s Bazar Fire Service and