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COASTLINE CONSERVANCY - The clean picture Faizul Khan Tanim visits Cox’s Bazar seashore on account of the International Coastal Cleanup Day on September 14 and takes a look at the bigger picture of such a venture photo by David Barikdar Imagine, the world’s largest stretch of unbroken beach is littered with cigarette butts, discarded wrappers and foils, and trash. The distinct stench reaches your nostrils as you walk the beautiful coastline. Fortunately, it is no longer the case. Thanks to people practicing ‘bay area conservancy’ in Bangladesh, the Cox’s Bazar sea shore is being successfully kept clean. Inspired by a campaign in the United States, it was started by an international organisation called Ocean Conservancy in 1986. This organisation promotes and encourages healthy and diverse ocean ecosystems and opposes practices that threaten ocean and human life. According to the international media, the ‘International Coastal Cleanup Day’ is one of the largest and most successful volu...