Organisation for the Social Welfare

Politics and Bureaucracy

Smuggling Adds Challenges to Locals and Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar

Just a couple of weeks of ago, security forces in Cox's Bazar detained three persons and seized several quantities of food items, including edible oil, four, sugar and spices, which were supposedly destined for war-torn Myanmar. Meanwhile, PM Hasina has recently directed the security forces to take stringent measures against commodity hoarding and price gouging during the month of Ramadan. While hoarding of commodities and artificial price hike of essentials in Bangladesh is not a new phenomenon, Ramadan period raises these concerns extensively.