St Martin’s Island, a small but significant piece of land in the Bay of Bengal, has become a focal point in a major geopolitical struggle. Located off the coast of Bangladesh, the island covers ...

With a population of around 8,000 people, the Daily Sun states that St Martin's Island is a prominent tourist attraction. Along with this, it serves as Bangladesh's only coral island.

The Nature Conservancy purchased the majority of St. Martin Island – 1,244 acres – from the Fred Luber family in 2013, and an additional 36 acres from David Uihlein, Jr. in 2014.

St. Martin Island is currently uninhabited, but in the mid 1800s there was a fishing colony of more than 20 families living on the island year-round.

Initially, the tourist season in St. Martin, normally lasting from October to March, has been cut to a shorter period from November to January. Overnight stays on the island were completely banned ...

Passenger and cargo trawlers have resumed operations on the Teknaf–St Martin’s Island route after a four-day suspension ...

St. Martin Island is known for significant bluffs that provide habitat for rare native snails and plants. More than 400 plant species, including the dwarf lake iris -- a federally threatened ...

The popular vacation island was decimated by the Category 5 storm. — -- Aerial photos from St. Martin show the serious damage the popular vacation destination sustained as a result of ...

But in the wake of Hurricane Irma, which blew through St. Bart's, Anguilla, and Richard Branson's private Necker Island with winds of up to 185 miles per hour, the bucolic region has turned into a ...

Located on the western shore of St. Martin, close to the dividing line between French St. Martin and Dutch St. Maarten, La Samanna sits on 55 acres overlooking the island's best beach, Baie Longue.