Landslide kills eight at girls’ school in Bangladesh’s largest refugee camp

Sun Sep 06 2026 03:32:51 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

A landslide burying a girls’ school in Cox’s Bazar’s refugee camp in Bangladesh left eight dead, amid ongoing monsoon‑driven disasters.

A heavy rain‑fueled landslide swept a girls’ school at the world’s largest Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, claiming eight lives, including a teacher. Thirteen people were rescued from the mud, five children who survived were treated in hospital. The disaster occurs as monsoon rains continue to trigger deadly landslides across the region. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees, who fled Myanmar’s military crackdown, live in fragile dug‑out shelters on steep hillsides. Local authorities warn of further landslides and are evacuating high‑risk families.

A large group of volunteers and aid workers stand in deep mud during heavy rain, working together at the site of a landslide by a school at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar.

A landslide hit a girls’ school inside Bangladesh’s largest refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, killing eight people, including seven students and a teacher.

The Islamic study centre was buried by mud and debris on Wednesday afternoon. Rescuers recovered 13 people from the mud; eight died once they were pulled out, while five children received medical treatment.

The disaster comes amid a series of deadly landslides triggered by the monsoon rains that have hit the region since Sunday.

More than one million Rohingya refugees live in Cox’s Bazar’s camp, having fled a violent crackdown in Myanmar in 2017. The predominantly Muslim community faces harsh living conditions, with shelter made of tarpaulins and bamboo on steep slopes.

Authorities have issued warnings of further landslides and floods, and are evacuating families in high‑risk areas as damp weather is predicted to continue.