Bakkhali river

Bakkhali river

Local residents staged demonstration by burning tires, felling trees and blocking roads protesting the BIWTA's boundary demarcation work on SUnday, 7 December 2025. Photo: Collected

Pillar installation at Bakkhali River halted amid protests

BIWTA Executive Magistrate Md Ashrafur Rahman said the installation has been halted due to security concerns

When the eviction team attempted to start demolitions in the Peshkar Para area on the eastern side of Kasturaghat, residents blocked the road and created obstacles this morning (3 September). Photo: TBS

1,000 more sued over halting eviction on Bakkhali River 

Photo: TBS

Eviction on Bakkhali River halts after resistance on fifth day

Locals resist eviction drive on the banks of Bakkhali River in Cox's Bazar on 4 September 2025. Photo: TBS

Bakkhali river eviction enters fourth day: Another case filed against 400 amid protests

When the eviction team attempted to start demolitions in the Peshkar Para area on the eastern side of Kasturaghat, residents blocked the road and created obstacles this morning (3 September). Photo: TBS

Eviction drive on Bankkhali river stalls on third day due to local resistance

Photo: TBS

Bakkhali river eviction drive enters 2nd day: Occupiers injure constable, 4 detained

Bakkhali in Cox’s Bazar. File Photo: TBS

Authorities resume crackdown on illegal settlements along Bakkhali River after 2.5 years

Bakkhali in Cox’s Bazar. File Photo: TBS

Eviction of Bakkhali River encroachers to begin after full verdict: Shipping adviser

Bakkhali in Cox’s Bazar. File Photo: TBS

Call for combating Bakkhali River pollution in Cox’s Bazar

Photo: Collected

'Plastic use must be stopped in Cox's Bazar and Rohingya camps'

Photo (Representational): UNB

Cox’s Bazar’s Bakkhali river port in limbo for 12 years

In the absence of a modern transportation system, the people in Moheskhali island depend on boats which transport them to the mainland only during high tide. During low tide, elderly people or pregnant women need to be carried to the boats. Photo: TBS

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