Arson in Mahalchhari’s Joysen Para: True or false?

March 19, 2022

Mahalchhari Correspondent Owners of the huts that were set on fire at Joysen Para in Khagrachhari’s Mahalchhari on March 14 have not lodged any complaint with the police. Conscious people in the hill tracts said a vested quarter is trying to make an issue of this arson instead of ensuring justice for the hut owners. […]Continue Reading

Conspiracy is on to boycott Baisabi

March 19, 2022

Staff Correspondent, Khagrachhari Whenever Basabi draws near, a vested quarter in Chittagong Hill Tracts works towards boycotting the biggest festival of tribal people in the region. It’s not an exception this time. On March 16, Milon aka Saurav Chakma, military commander of the UPDF (Prasit), was arrested by security forces in Khagrachhari’s Dighinala. Security forces Continue Reading

Japan PM Kishida to stress unity on Ukraine in meet with India’s Modi

March 19, 2022

REUTERS Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will encourage a unified approach on Ukraine when he meets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Saturday, while aiming to strengthen security ties across the Indo-Pacific region. “Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine coincides with this trip, I’d like to emphasise the importance of international Continue Reading

US under secretary in city, partnership dialogue tomorrow

March 19, 2022

BSS United States (US) undersecretary for political affairs Victoria Nuland arrived here this afternoon as Dhaka and Washington are set to hold 8th partnership dialogue to deepen the ties coinciding with the 50th year of bilateral relations between the two nations. Nuland arrived here first as part of her tri-nation visit to South Asia includes […]Continue Reading

Chakaria OC suspended for celebrating birthday with fugitive accused

March 18, 2022

Officer-In-Charge of Cox’s Bazar’s Chakaria police station Muhammad Osman Gani has been suspended for celebrating his birthday at his office with some fugitive accused, UNB reports. Md Hasanuzzaman, Superintendent of Cox’s Bazar police confirmed the matter to UNB Thursday afternoon. He was suspended as the police force’s image was hampered after photos of OC Continue Reading

ASEAN envoy seeking favourable conditions for Myanmar peace process

March 18, 2022

REUTERS A Southeast Asian special envoy will visit Myanmar next week, his office said on Friday, to lay the groundwork for a peace process that its ruling junta has been accused of delaying while it tries to consolidate power and crush its opposition. Prak Sokhonn, Cambodia’s foreign minister and envoy for the Association of Southeast […]Continue Reading

Russia says post-1991 ‘illusions’ about the West are over

March 18, 2022

REUTERS Russia has lost any illusions about ever relying on the West and Moscow will never accept a world order dominated by the United States, which is acting like a sheriff seeking to call all the shots in a saloon bar, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. Western nations have imposed sweeping sanctions across Russia’s financial […]Continue Reading

Armed group behind Rohingya leader’s murder: Bangladesh police

March 18, 2022

AFP/ALJAZEERA Bangladesh police have admitted for the first time that an armed group ordered last year’s murder of a prominent Rohingya leader, saying it was threatened by his growing popularity. The assassination of Mohib Ullah last September sent shockwaves through the sprawling border settlements that house hundreds of thousands of stateless Rohingya refugees who fled Continue Reading

Bangladeshi killed in BSF firing

March 18, 2022

An alleged Bangladeshi infiltrator died when a Border Security Force jawan opened fire on the India-Bangladesh frontier near Mathabhanga in Cooch Behar on Wednesday night, Telegraph India reports. The youth and some others had allegedly infiltrated India by cutting a portion of the border fence when the firing occurred. One of his aides, also a […]Continue Reading

India’s Supreme Court to hear case of Rohingya girl facing deportation to Myanmar

March 17, 2022

News Desk The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday decided to examine the case of a 14-year-old Rohingya girl facing deportation from India to Myanmar, The Hindu reports. A Bench led by Justice S Abdul Nazeer issued notice to the government and asked the petitioner NGO, Global Peace Initiative, represented by senior advocate Sanjay Hegde […]Continue Reading