Amdassador: EU sustaining its support to Rohingya crisis

November 13, 2023

NEWS DESK The visiting delegation of the European Union (EU) on Monday exchanged views with the Rohingyas in the camps and assured them of their continued support. “Intense program in Bangladesh for Deputy Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific at the European External Action Service (EEAS) Paola Pampaloni with a visit on Monday to […]Continue Reading

Russian naval ships at Bangladeshi port after 50 years

November 12, 2023

A Russian naval group has called at the port of Chittagong in Bangladesh for the first time in almost half a century, a TASS correspondent reported from the scene, TASS reports. The Pacific Fleet’s naval group comprises the large anti-submarine warfare ships Admiral Tributs and Admiral Panteleyev and the oceanic tanker Pechenga. The combat ships […]Continue Reading

Israel offers Gaza hospital evacuation for babies but fighting rages on

November 12, 2023

Israel’s army said it was ready to evacuate babies from Gaza’s largest hospital on Sunday, but Palestinian officials said people inside were still trapped, with two newborns dead and dozens at risk from a power outage amid intense fighting nearby, Reuters reports. Al-Shifa and other hospitals in northern Gaza, the focus of Israel’s month-old war […]Continue Reading

More Myanmar junta bases fall in Shan fighting: MNDAA

November 12, 2023

On Friday night it said it seized four Kokang outposts and another four positions near Xi Yuin Ji village between Laukkai and Chin Shwe Haw on Saturday morning, The Irrawaddy reports. MNDAA said that on Saturday morning it fired a rocket into the military’s northeastern headquarters in Lashio. The Brotherhood Alliance claims to have taken […]Continue Reading

Myanmar fighter jet crashes, rebels claim responsibility

November 12, 2023

A Myanmar fighter jet has crashed during clashes between the military and an insurgent group, both sides said, in another setback for a junta facing the biggest challenge to its rule since a coup in 2021. The jet went down over Kayah State in eastern Myanmar, near the border with Thailand, on Saturday during fighting […]Continue Reading

Iran President Raisi says action, not words, needed on Gaza

November 11, 2023

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Saturday that the time had come for action over the conflict in Gaza rather than talk as he headed to Saudi Arabia to attend a summit on the war between Israel and Hamas militants, Reuters reports. “Gaza is not an arena for words. It should be for action,” Raisi […]Continue Reading

Arab and Muslim leaders call for immediate end to Gaza war

November 11, 2023

Saudi Arabia and Muslim countries called on Saturday for an immediate end to military operations in Gaza, declaring at a joint Islamic-Arab summit in Riyadh that Israel bears responsibility for “crimes” against Palestinians, Reuters reports, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, gathered Arab and Muslim leaders for the summit as Continue Reading

Trawler carrying 150 Rohingyas returns to Cox’s Bazar after days adrift

November 11, 2023

NEWS DESK A trawler carrying over 100 Rohingyas, which had been adrift for three days as they attempted to sail to Malaysia, reached Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Thursday morning. Local fishermen pulled in the trawler floating in the Bay of Bengal loaded with Rohingya to Teknaf beach. There were 150 Rohingyas including children […]Continue Reading

Chinese envoy expresses hope for Rohingya repatriation before Bangladeshi polls

November 11, 2023

NEWS DESK Chinese Ambassador Yao Wen expressed hope for the Rohingya repatriation to begin before the national elections in Bangladesh. “China is working with Bangladesh and Myanmar for the repatriation of Rohingyas,” the ambassador said while speaking at an event in Cox’s Bazar on Friday (10 November). Yao Wen emphasised that China is actively working Continue Reading

Hamas claims to destroy 6 Israeli tanks in Gaza

November 9, 2023

Palestinian group Hamas claimed Wednesday to have destroyed six Israeli tanks and two military vehicles in the Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, the group’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, said three tanks and two vehicles were struck by anti-armor shells north of Gaza City. Two more tanks were destroyed southwest of Gaza […]Continue Reading