Govt report alleges plot to destabilise CHT by Santu Larma, Monogeet

July 27, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK A government security report, accessed by Amar Desh, has alleged that senior leaders of the Parbatya Chattogram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS), including Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma (Santu Larma), are involved in a coordinated plot to destabilise the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), reportedly with the backing of Indian intelligence agencies. According to the Continue Reading

Thai-Cambodian fighting extends into third day

July 26, 2025

Fighting on the Thai-Cambodian border extended into a third day and new flashpoints emerged on Saturday as both sides sought diplomatic support, saying they had acted in self-defence and calling on the other to cease fighting and start negotiations, Reuters reports. At least 30 people have been killed and more than 130,000 people displaced in […]Continue Reading

US, China confront each other on Ukraine at United Nations

July 26, 2025

The United States told China at the United Nations on Friday it should “stop fuelling Russia’s aggression” in Ukraine, as China accused Washington of trying to shift blame and spark confrontation, Reuters reports. Acting US Ambassador to the UN Dorothy Shea urged all countries, specifically naming China, to stop exports to Russia of dual-use goods […]Continue Reading

Netanyahu, Trump appear to abandon Gaza ceasefire negotiations with Hamas

July 26, 2025

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump appeared on Friday to abandon Gaza ceasefire negotiations with Hamas, both saying it had become clear that the Palestinian militants did not want a deal, Reuters reports. Netanyahu said Israel was now mulling “alternative” options to achieve its goals of bringing its hostages home from […]Continue Reading

Four killed in UPDF-JSS gunfight in Khagrachari, say police

July 26, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK At least four people have been killed in an armed clash between members of the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF–Prasit faction) and the Parbatya Chattogram Jana Samhati Samiti (JSS–Santu faction) in Khagrachhari’s Dighinala upazila, according to police. The gunfight broke out around 8:30pm on Friday in the remote Sindhu Karbaripara area of Continue Reading

Death toll from Dhaka aircraft crash rises to 31: ISPR

July 23, 2025

NEWS DESK The death toll from the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) aircraft crash rose to 31 on Tuesday, according to the Inter Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR). In a press release issued on Tuesday noon, ISPR shared the hospital-wise list of casualties. According to the press release: ·         Kuwait Maitree Hospital: […]Continue Reading

Khaleda, Tarique ask party leaders to stand by plane crash victims: Fakhrul

July 21, 2025

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman have instructed party leaders and activists across the country to stand by the families of the students killed and injured in the tragic plane crash at Milestone School and College in the capital’s Uttara area. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir conveyed the directive during […]Continue Reading

Yunus assures probe into aircraft crash, urges all not to crowd hospitals

July 21, 2025

NEWS DESK Assuring an investigation into the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) aircraft that crashed into a building of Milestone School and College in Uttara area, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Monday urged all not to unnecessarily crowd the hospitals where the injured are being treated. “We will definitely carry out an investigation. But an […]Continue Reading

BNP to hoist black flags, hold nationwide prayers Tuesday for Uttara plane crash victims

July 21, 2025

NEWS DESK Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will hoist black flags and organise prayers across the country on Tuesday to mourn the tragic deaths of students from Milestone School in the Uttara plane crash. The announcement came through a press release signed by the party’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. According to the release, […]Continue Reading

Govt declares state mourning Wednesday over aircraft crash

July 21, 2025

NEWS DESK The government has declared a one-day state mourning on Wednesday following the crash of a Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft on the Milestone School and College campus in the capital’s Uttara Diabari area, according to Chief Adviser’s Press Wing. The national flag will be flown at half-mast in all government, semi-government, autonomous Continue Reading