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Fortified biscuits that are supposed to be distributed free of charge to children at government primary schools, learning centers and Rohingyas to help address nutritional deficiencies are instead being sold on Facebook Marketplace. The packaging clearly states, “Property of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, sale and purchase is a punishable offense” and “Not for Sale or Exchange.” The nutritious food, supplied with funding from the World Health Organization (WHO) and...

A series of landslides have occurred in Chattogram and the Chattogram Hill Tracts amid continuous heavy rainfall, killing at least 30 people. Cox’s Bazar has been the worst affected district, where 19 people have died. The tragedy has once again brought back memories of the devastating landslides of 2017, when more than 150 people lost their lives in Chattogram, Rangamati and Bandarban. Experts say that while climate change is increasing the tendency for intense rainfall within a short pe...

A 40-year-old man was killed after the wall of an earthen house collapsed on him during heavy rainfall in Ukhiya Upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday afternoon. The victim, identified as Md. Manik, was trapped under the collapsed wall at around 3:00 pm in the Jambagan area of Haldiapalang Union. He was rescued by locals and taken to Ukhiya Upazila Health Complex, where doctors pronounced him dead at about 5:00 pm. Local resident Rashedul Islam said Manik was having lunch at the house of a m...