Archive for February, 2009

Monday February 23, 2009 23:41

“Maathine’s Koop” – Teknaf.

Teknaf is situated in the extreme southern tip of Bangladesh at the border of Burma and on the bank of river Naaf in the district Cox’s Bazar. From the capital Dhaka it is 490 km and from the district head quarter Cox’s Bazar it is 85 km away. It was a very back ward place [...]

Tuesday February 10, 2009 10:24

Cox’s Bazar the longest sandy beach in the world

In last summer holiday, I took a trip down to Cox’s Bazar with my family to have a break from Dhaka and to see and swim in the sea. Cox’s Bazar is the south-easterly district of Bangladesh, bordering district of Myanmar (Burma). The name ‘Cox’s Bazar’ comes from Captain Hiram Cox, a British, who founded [...]