They are active both day and night, digging burrows in sandy beaches for shelter and spreading sand around. However, the tourism boom in Cox’s Bazar has accelerated environmental degradation.

A team of the Detective Branch of Cox's Bazar police picked up Farokul, 22, from the town's Kalur Dokan area on Friday night, hours after videos of harassment and assault of several women went ...

The Daily Star analysed at least seven videos, and found a group, led by one Mohammad Farokul Islam, attacked women at the sea beach and Lal Dighi areas of Cox's Bazar on the night of September 11.

Sounds of gunfire keep Modina Khatun awake every night in Cox's Bazaar Bangladesh - the world's largest refugee camp. She fears that spiralling gang violence there will make a widow of another ...