Department of Environment (DoE) sued 16 people including the general secretary of Cox's Bazar district Chhatra League and a central Jubo League member for encroaching into the Bakkhali River recently.
After damaging two canals by building dams and extracting their sands, a local syndicate linked to the ruling party is now tearing apart a wildlife sanctuary by scooping out sand from it and topsoil from adjacent arable land in Dulahazara union of Chakaria upazila in Cox’s Bazar.
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