ST.Martin's Iland St. Martin's Island ( Bengali : সেন্ট মার্টিন্স দ্বীপ ) is a small island (area only 8 km 2 ) in the northeastern part of the Bay of Bengal , about 9 km south of the tip of the Cox's Bazar - Teknaf peninsula, and forming the southernmost part of Bangladesh. There is a small adjoining island that is separated at high tide, called Chera Dwip . It is about 8 kilometres (5 miles) west of the northwest coast of Myanmar , at the mouth of the Naf River . The first settlement started 250 years ago by Arabian sailors who named the island 'Jazeera'. During British occupation the island was named St. Martin Island. During the First Anglo-Burmese War between the British and Burmese empires in 1824–1826, rival claims to the island were a major factor. The local names of the island are "Narikel jinjira" [3] which means 'Coconut Island' in Bengali , and "Daruchini Dwip". It is the only coral island in Bangladesh
Envernment of Cox's bazar Cox's Bazar ( Bengali : কক্সবাজার অথবা ৭৫ মাইল বীচ , Koksbajar , Koksbazar or Kokshbajar ) is a city, a fishing port and district headquarters in Bangladesh . The beach in Cox's Bazar is an unbroken 120 km (75 mi) sandy sea beach with a gentle slope, is the world's longest. [2] [3] [4] It is located 150 km (93 mi) south of the industrial port Chittagong . Cox's Bazar is also known by the name Panowa, whose literal translation means "yellow flower." Its other old name was "Palongkee". The modern Cox's Bazar derives its name from Captain Hiram Cox (died 1799), an officer of the British East India Company . Cox was appointed Superintendent of Palongkee outpost after Warren Hastings became Governor of Bengal . Captain Cox was specially mobilised to deal with a century-long conflict between Arakan refugees and local Rakhains. He embarked upon the task of rehabilitating refugees in the area and mad