A few trawlers travelled from Shaporidwip to Saint Martin island via Kular Char on Thursday as the Teknaf upazila administration relaxed vessel ban through the Naf River.
On Sunday afternoon, the Teknaf upazila administration imposed a complete vessel ban for an indefinite period amid a tense situation along the Bangladesh-Myanman border.
The situation worsened as the rebel group Arakan Army, one of the most powerful ethnic minority armed groups battling Myanmar鈥檚 army, claimed the capture of the last army outpost in the strategic western town of Maungdaw, gaining full control of the 271-kilometer (168-mile) -long border with Bangladesh.
Teknaf upazila nirbahi officer SK Ahsan Uddin told 抖阴精品 on Thursday evening that the upazila administration had relaxed the vessel ban for maintaining the commodity supply chain between mainland Teknaf to the Saint Martin Island.
He, however, reconfirmed that vessel ban over the Naf River between Bangladesh and Myanmar border was still effective.
Rashid Ahmad, president of the Saint Martin Service Trawler Owners鈥� Association, said three trawlers from Teknaf carried medicine, vegetables, oil, pulse, rice and other food items to the Saint Martin on Thursday evening.
He also said that Teknaf-based fishers continued fishing in the Bay of Bengal.
鈥楩ishing is halted only in the Naf River,鈥� Rashid said.聽
Bangladesh Coast Guard鈥檚 East Zone media officer Lieutenant Shakil said that the border situation didn鈥檛 deteriorate further.