COX'S BAZAR, June 21, 2024 (BSS)- A couple died following a landslide in
Badshagona area of the district town in the early hours of today as the
district witnessed heavy rainfalls for the last few days.

The victims were identified as Anwar Hossain, a Muajjin of local Omar Faruque
Jame Mosque and his pregnant wife Maimuna Akhter.

"Anwar and his wife faced the tragic death due to a landslide in my area,"
said Helal Uddin Kabir, a counselor of Ward no-9 of Cox's Bazar Municipality.

Suddenly, the landslide occurred here on Friday morning due to overnight
rainfall, the counselor added.

Before reaching policemen and firefighters from the local Thana and Fire
Service and Civil Defense Department on the spot, locals rescued and rushed
the couple to Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital where the duty doctor declared them
dead.

Earlier, a total of 10 people, including two locals and eight other
Rohingyas, died in separate landslides at Rohingya camp in Ukhiya under Cox's
Bazar on Wednesday (June 19).