The government's plan to declare Chattogram metropolitan area and Cox's Bazar district as drug-prone zones may have a negative impact on tourism, tour operators said.

Before Cox’s Bazar became home to hundreds of thousands of refugees, it was Bangladesh’s favorite vacation spot and still provides a classic day at the beach for tourists.

Once lively inhabitants of the Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf coastline in southeast Bangladesh, the red ghost crabs (Ocypode macrocera) are now becoming increasingly rare, according to local media reports.