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Cox's Bazar–Teknaf Marine Drive
Cox’s Bazar–Teknaf Marine Drive () is an 80-kilometre-long road from Cox’s Bazar to Teknaf along the Bay of Bengal and it is the world’s longest marine drive. It was inaugurated on 6 May 2017, by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. History This road was first planned to be constructed in 1989. In 1993, the then government finalized the 48 km long marine drive project for construction. However, after the completion of the construction of a few kilometers, its work was terminated and later the incomplete road was washed away by the strong currents of the Bay of Bengal. Its construction resumed in 1995, when the Bangladesh Army was tasked with its construction. Construction work started for the second time in 2008 after the work was stopped for a few years. Construction of the road from Kolatoli to Inani was completed by 2015. As of December 2016, 60% of the first and second phase has been constructed. This road built at a cost of was inaugurated on 5 May 2017. On 28 June 2 ...
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Cox's Bazar
Cox's Bazar (; ; ) is a city, fishing port, tourism centre, and Cox's Bazar District, district headquarters in south-eastern Bangladesh. Cox's Bazar Beach, one of the most popular tourist attractions in Bangladesh, is the longest uninterrupted naturally occurring sea beach in the world. Located south of the city of Chittagong, Cox's Bazar is also known by the name ''Panowa'', which translates literally as "yellow flower." An old name was "Palongkee". The city covers an area of with 58 mahallas and 27 wards and as of 2022 had a population of nearly 200,000. Cox's Bazar is connected by road and air with Chittagong. The modern Cox's Bazar derives its name from Captain Hiram Cox, an officer of the British East India Company, a Superintendent of Palongkee outpost. To commemorate his role in refugee rehabilitation work, a market was established and named after him. It is one of Bangladesh's main tourist spots. History During the early 9th century, the greater Chittagong area, in ...
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Dhaka Tribune
The ''Dhaka Tribune'' is a major Bangladeshi English-language daily newspaper based in Dhaka, the country's capital and largest city. It also operates an online portal ( Bengali version) known as the '' Bangla Tribune''. The newspaper has a strong readership in Bangladeshi cities, particularly among the young generation, the diplomatic community, and expatriates; as well as a wide readership in South Asia and internationally. The newspaper is notable for its highly diverse op-ed content, with contributions from leading Bangladeshi, South Asian and international columnists. The newspaper is notable for being the fastest-growing English-language news media in Bangladesh's history, catering to the country's business community, middle class, public and private universities, and English medium schools. Several award-winning journalists have worked with the newspaper. History The newspaper began publication on 19 April 2013. The newspaper started as a broadsheet before going compact on ...
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Tourist Attractions In Cox's Bazar
Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the Commerce, commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. World Tourism Organization, UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only", as people "travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure and not less than 24 hours, business and other purposes". Tourism can be Domestic tourism, domestic (within the traveller's own country) or International tourism, international. International tourism has both incoming and outgoing implications on a country's balance of payments. Between the second half of 2008 and the end of 2009, tourism numbers declined due to a severe Economy, economic slowdown (see Great Recession) and the outbreak of the 2009 2009 flu pandemic, H1N1 influenza virus. These numbers, however, recovered until the COVID-19 pandemic put an abrupt end to th ...
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Teknaf Upazila
Teknaf ( ''Ṭeknaf'') is an upazila of Cox's Bazar District in the Division of Chittagong Division, Chittagong, Bangladesh. It forms the southernmost point in mainland Bangladesh (St. Martin's Island is the southernmost point overall). The name of the region comes from the Naf River which forms the eastern boundary of the upazila. It shares a Bangladesh–Myanmar border, border with Myanmar, opposite the town of Maungdaw. Geography Teknaf is located at . It has 23,675 households and a total area of 388.66 km2. The tidal range at the Teknaf coastal area is strongly influenced by the Naf river estuary. The area has a warm tropical climate and sufficient rainfall to enable it to support wide biological diversity. Teknaf Peninsula is one of the longest sandy beach ecosystems (80 km) in the world. It represents a transitional ground for the fauna of the Indo-Himalayan and Indo-Malayan ecological sub-regions. Important habitats at the site include mangrove, mudflats, beache ...
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Cox's Bazar District
Cox's Bazar District () is a district in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh. It is named after Cox's Bazar town. It is located south of Chittagong. Cox's Bazar is also known by the names ''Panowa'' ("yellow flower") and ''Palongkee''. The modern Cox's Bazar derives its name from Captain Hiram Cox (died 1799), an army officer who served in British India. It is one of the fishing ports of Bangladesh, and contains one of the world's longest natural sea beaches ( long including mud flats). In 1984 during the rule of Ershad's government, Cox's Bazar district was established by dividing Chittagong district. Today, Cox's Bazar is a major tourist destination within Bangladesh. Geography Cox's Bazar District has an area of . It is bounded by Chittagong District on the north, Bay of Bengal in the south, Bandarban District on the east, and the Bay of Bengal on the west. Major rivers include Matamuhuri, Bakkhali, Reju Khal, Naf River, Maheshkhali channel and Kutubdia cha ...
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Transport In Cox's Bazar
Transport (in British English) or transportation (in American English) is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipelines, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations. Transport enables human trade, which is essential for the development of civilizations. Transport infrastructure consists of both fixed installations, including roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals, and pipelines, and terminals such as airports, railway stations, bus stations, warehouses, trucking terminals, refueling depots (including fuel docks and fuel stations), and seaports. Terminals may be used both for the interchange of passengers and cargo and for maintenance. Means of transport are any of the different kinds of transport facilities used to carry people or cargo. They may include vehicles, riding animals, and pack animals. Vehicles may includ ...
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Cox's Bazar Beach
Cox's Bazar Beach (), located at Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, is the longest natural sea beach in the world running and 5th longest beach after Praia do Cassino of Brazil, Padre Island on the US Gulf Coast, Eighty Mile Beach in Western Australia, and Ninety Mile Beach of Australia. It is the top tourist destination of Bangladesh.Mariam Whyte and Jui Lin Yong, ''Bangladesh'', page 136, Marshall Cavendish, 2010, Geography At high tide, the beach is wide, and at low tide, it is wide on average. Quicksand is a danger during ebb tide. History From the early 9th century, the greater Chittagong area including Cox's Bazar was under the rule of Arakan kings until its conquest by the Mughals in 1666 AD. When the Mughal Prince Shah Shuja was passing through the hilly terrain of the present-day Cox's Bazar on his way to Arakan, he was attracted to its scenic and captivating beauty. He commanded his forces to camp there. His retinue of one tho ...
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The Financial Express (Bangladesh)
''The Financial Express'' is an English-language daily published from Dhaka, Bangladesh, established in 1993. As of 2021, it was the second largest English language newspaper in Bangladesh. Its stories focus mostly on business and economic issues, including international economic news. The paper is owned by International Publications Limited. Shamsul Huq Zahid is the current editor. History ''The Financial Express'' was established in 1993 under International Publications Limited. Moazzem Hossain (journalist), Moazzem Hossain was the founding editor of The Financial Express. It has syndication agreement with Financial Times and Project Syndicate, based in Prague. On 27 January 1998, Financial Express Journalists Union went on strike after filing a dispute against the management under the Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969 over outstanding payment to staff. ''The Financial Express'' with Standard Chartered, Standard Chartered Bank has an annual award program for best corp ...
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The Independent (Bangladesh)
''The Independent'' was an English-language daily newspaper published in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was owned by Beximco Group of Bangladesh. The last executive editor of the newspaper was Shamim Abdullah Zahedy. History On 26 March 1995, Beximco Group launched The Independent. In October 2010, the Independent newspaper was relaunched. The newspaper officially shut down on 30 January 2022. Earlier in April 2020, it ceased printed publication due to COVID-19 pandemic. On 31 January 2022, The Independent was closed down. See also * '' The Daily Ittefaq'' * ''The Daily Star'' (Bangladesh) * ''Daily Sun'' (Bangladesh) * List of newspapers in Bangladesh * ''New Age New Age is a range of Spirituality, spiritual or Religion, religious practices and beliefs that rapidly grew in Western world, Western society during the early 1970s. Its highly eclecticism, eclectic and unsystematic structure makes a precise d ...'' * '' Prothom Alo'' References Newspapers established in ...
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Ministry Of Civil Aviation And Tourism
The Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism () is a ministry of the government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh responsible for the formulation of national policies and programmes for development and regulation of civil aviation and the regulation of the Bangladeshi tourism industry and the promotion of the Bangladesh as a tourist destination. Departments *Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation * Bangladesh Tourism Board *Biman Bangladesh Airlines *Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh * Bangladesh Services Limited * Hotels International Limited See also *List of World Heritage Sites in Bangladesh * List of beaches in Bangladesh * List of hotels in Bangladesh References External links * Bangladesh Civil aviation in Bangladesh Civil Aviation and Tourism Tourism in Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the ...
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Daily Sun (Bangladesh)
''Daily Sun'' is an English-language daily newspaper published in Dhaka, Bangladesh, founded in 2010. It also operates an English news portal and a Bangla news portal, apart from maintaining a website for the e-version of the published copies. The main paper has 16 pages including 4 pages on business and 1 on sports. Daily Sun is owned by East West Media Group, a concern of Bashundhara Group. Description The ''Daily Sun'' is an English-language daily newspaper published in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Also it publishes Bengali-language daily news. It was founded in 2010. The main paper has 28 pages including 4 pages on business and 8 pages on sports which is called "Winner". When the paper criticised the shipping minister's role in granting licences and violation of traffic rules by drivers, transport workers raided and looted delivery vehicles. A Daily Sun journalist based in New York, Santosh Mandal, died in 2016 due to a heart attack. The ''Daily Sun'' is owned by East West Media Group ...
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