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Ban on tourism pushes Saint Martin’s economy to the brink

PARBATTANEWS DESK The administrative ban on tourist travel to Bangladesh’s only coral island, Saint Martin’s, has dealt a heavy blow to the local economy, leaving thousands jobless and businesses shuttered. Locals and tourism operators have described the decision as “mysterious and detached from reality.” Each winter, the tiny island—famous for its turquoise waters and Continue Reading

Yunus vows peaceful, impartial February polls

PARBATTANEWS DESK Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has pledged that his interim government will take all necessary measures to ensure a peaceful and impartial national election scheduled for February. “Our responsibility is to remain neutral,” Yunus told a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) delgation on Tuesday evening. “The election is a grand event. We will select the […]Continue Reading

UK announces $27m aid package for Rohingyas in Bangladesh

NEWS DESK The UK has announced $27 million in new humanitarian assistance to support more than half a million Rohingya in Bangladesh, reaffirming its long-term commitment to one of the world’s most pressing displacement crises. The aid package, marking the high-level UN conference on Myanmar, will provide food, shelter, clean water, sanitation, healthcare and other Continue Reading

Myanmar national held with 340,000 yaba pills in Teknaf

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Bangladesh’s security forces have detained a Myanmar national in Cox’s Bazar district with 340,000 yaba pills, officials say. The suspect, identified as 28-year-old Md Omar Siddique from Kharangkhali in Myanmar, was arrested during a raid on Thursday morning in a Keora grove near Teknaf’s Sabrang area. The operation was carried out jointly […]Continue Reading

Jamaat announces protest rallies, marches

PARBATTANEWS DESK Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Monday announced a three-day program to press home their five-point demand, including implementation of the July Charter and holding the national election under the proportional representation (PR) system. As part of the program, Jamaat will hold protest rallies in Dhaka on Thursday, rallies in all divisional cities on Continue Reading

17 fishermen escape from Arakan Army custody

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Seventeen Bangladeshi fishermen have escaped after being detained at sea by the Arakan Army while fishing off Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar, according to local authorities. The fishermen arrived at Shahpari Island jetty on a trawler around 11am on Thursday. The Coast Guard took them into custody before handing them over to police. […]Continue Reading

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