In the seven upazilas of Bandarban, Durga Puja festivities have been organized at 31 puja mandaps for the followers of the Sanatan (Hindu) religion. As in previous years, the largest puja mandap in Dakkhin Chattogram has been constructed at the local Rajar Math in the district headquarters, modeled after a royal palace.
In Bandarban, severe heatwaves, insect infestation, and irrigation crises have led to a decline in the yield of mango orchards. The scorching and rainless weather conditions have caused mango trees to bear fewer fruits. Presently, both small and large mangoes are falling prematurely.
Bandarban's hilly villages are experiencing an acute crisis of fresh drinking water as the water sources in the hills are drying up due to deforestation, stone quarrying, and unplanned jhum cultivation. It takes approximately one-and-half-an-hour to two hours for the residents to fetch only a water pitcher. Many families living in the mountains are being forced to buy drinking water and do other household chores with the purchased water. Water from Falls has been selling locally for 2–5 Tk.
A very tense situation is prevailing in Ruma and Thanchi upazilas in Bandarban a people of the upazilas are in a state of panic fearing further terrorist activities by Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), a separatist rebel group from the Bom indigenous community in the district.
Overcoming the impacts of the restrictions imposed by the government due to security purposes, the tourism sector in the hill district of Bandarban, a paradise of natural beauty, is becoming vibrant again.