Russia says after Raisi crash that US undermined aviation safety with sanctions

May 21, 2024

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, commenting on the helicopter crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, said on Tuesday that US sanctions had worsened aviation safety, Reuters reports. Iranian media reported that images from the site showed the US-made Bell 212 helicopter on which Raisi was travelling slammed into a mountain peak, although there was […]Continue Reading

Bangladeshi youth injured in Rohingya Camp clash over Myanmar conflict recruitment

May 21, 2024

UKHIA CORRESPONDENT A Bangladeshi youth was injured in a shooting during a clash between Rohingya refugees and a terrorist organization in the Ukhia Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar. The clash erupted early Tuesday morning in the Lumbashia Rohingya camp as the terrorist group pressured the Rohingya to join the ongoing conflict in Myanmar. The violence […]Continue Reading

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israeli PM, defence chief and 3 Hamas leaders

May 20, 2024

The International Criminal Court prosecutor’s office said on Monday it had requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defence chief and three Hamas leaders for alleged war crimes. Prosecutor Karim Khan’s office said it suspected all five – Netanyahu, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Al-Masri and Continue Reading

Who is Mohammad Mokhber, Iran’s interim president?

May 20, 2024

Mohammad Mokhber is Iran’s interim president now after late President Ebrahim Raisi and other officials were confirmed killed in a helicopter crash and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei approved his accession to the role, Al Jazeera reports. The former first vice president held an extraordinary meeting with judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei and Mohammad Bagher Continue Reading

Iran’s nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri named acting foreign minister

May 20, 2024

Iran’s veteran nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri, a harsh critic of the West, was Monday named acting foreign minister to replace the top diplomat killed in a helicopter crash along with the president, AFP reports. Bagheri, 56, had served as deputy to the foreign minister of the Islamic republic, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who perished along with the […]Continue Reading

Israel denies involvement in Iran president’s helicopter crash

May 20, 2024

Israel had nothing to do with the accident involving the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi, Israel’s Channel 13 reported on Sunday, citing Israeli officials, Middle East Monitor reports. The Israeli channel quoted officials saying: “The message Israel is sending to the countries of the world is that Tel Aviv has nothing to do with […]Continue Reading

World reacts to the death of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi

May 20, 2024

World leaders have expressed their condolences on the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, Al Jazeera reports. Rescue teams began searching for Raisi on Sunday afternoon after his aircraft, which also carried nine other officials, including Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, went missing in Iran’s mountainous northwestern region near the Continue Reading

Myanmar can demonstrate its willingness by starting Rohingya repatriation: Bangladesh FM

May 20, 2024

NEWS DESK Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud on Sunday said repatriation with civil rights and dignity is the eventual solution to the Rohingya crisis. To accomplish this complicated task, more involvement from India alongside Chinese mediation is crucial, he added. He was speaking at a seminar on the Rohingya crisis, organised by Overseas Correspondents Association of […]Continue Reading

Dhaka believes India, China can resolve Rohingya crisis: Bangladesh FM

May 20, 2024

NEWS DESK Repatriation with civil rights and dignity is the eventual solution to Rohingya crisis while India’s intensified engagement alongside Chinese mediation as regional powers is crucial to accomplish the complicated task, Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said in Dhaka on Sunday. “Repatriation (of the Rohingyas) is the only solution,” he told a seminar on […]Continue Reading

Families decline to claim bodies of 3 KNF members killed in Bandarban

May 20, 2024

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT The families of three Kuki Chin National Front (KNF) members, who were killed in a gunfight with the army in Ruma Upazila, have not come forward to claim their bodies, authorities said. The police handed over the bodies to the Bandarban Municipality after no relatives stepped up, Bandarban Additional Superintendent of Police Raihan […]Continue Reading