Bangladesh urges OIC for efforts to send Rohingya back home

August 10, 2023

NEWS DESK Bangladesh on Thursday urged OIC to mobilise the international community for the sustainable repatriation of the Rohingyas to their own country, Myanmar. Bangladesh made the request at a meeting with the visiting OIC delegation at the Prime Minister’s Office, according to a press release from PMO. OIC Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian and […]Continue Reading

Rohingya youth gets life in drug case

August 10, 2023

NEWS DESK A court in Cox’s Bazar has sentenced a Rohingya youth to life-term imprisonment in a drug case. The lifer is Syedul Islam, 32, a resident of Block-B/3 of Jadimura 27 No. Rohingya Camp in Teknaf upazila. Cox’s Bazar District Judge Court Judge Md Ismail pronounced the verdict on Wednesday afternoon. The court also […]Continue Reading

Arsa member killed in Rohingya Camp in Ukhia

August 10, 2023

UKHIA CORRESPONDENT, COX’S BAZAR An individual named Mufti Jamal (55) was fatally attacked by unknown assailants unidentified assailant within the Rohingya camp in Ukhia, located in Cox’s Bazar. The incident occurred on Thursday (August 10) at approximately 9:30 in the morning at block E-12 of Rohingya Camp No. 11 in the Balukhali upazila. The deceased […]Continue Reading

At least 17 dead after Rohingya boat breaks up off Myanmar: rescuers

August 10, 2023

At least 17 people drowned when a boat carrying Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar’s Rakhine state broke up at sea this week, rescuers said Thursday. Thousands of Rohingya risk their lives each year making perilous sea journeys from camps in Bangladesh and Myanmar to try to reach Muslim-majority Malaysia and Indonesia, AFP reports. Byar La, a […]Continue Reading

Over 3,000 Myanmar junta troops killed in first half of 2023: NUG

August 9, 2023

Myanmar’s civilian Nation Unity Government (NUG) claims 3,012 junta soldiers were killed and 4,021 wounded during clashes with its armed wings and ethnic rebel allies in the first half of 2023, The Irrawaddy reports. A total of 935 clashes were reported between junta forces and the NUG’s People’s Defense Forces and allied ethnic armed organizations […]Continue Reading

War crimes by Myanmar’s military ‘more frequent and brazen’, UN probe finds

August 9, 2023

War crimes committed by Myanmar’s military, including the bombing of civilians, have become “increasingly frequent and brazen”, a team of United Nations investigators said in a report published on Tuesday, Reuters reports. The report by the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM), which covered the period between July 2022 and June 2023, Continue Reading

Army Zone in Khagrachari initiates relief distribution for flood-affected individuals

August 9, 2023

KHAGRACHHARI CORRESPONDENT In light of the ongoing heavy rains leading to floods, landslides, and other natural calamities across the country, certain regions of Khagrachari have also been inundated, causing hardship for the local populace. To address this crisis, the Khagrachari Zone has undertaken an initiative to provide relief to the affected and vulnerable residents. Continue Reading

Army’s 10th Infantry Division takes action in flood response

August 9, 2023

STAFF REPORTER The members of Bangladesh Army’s 10th Infantry Division have been deployed to aid flood victims in Lohagara and Satkania upazilas of Chittagong, as well as in Cox’s Bazar district. These dedicated army personnel are tirelessly engaged in rescuing individuals stranded in floodwaters, while also distributing essential supplies such as food, clean Continue Reading

Army provides relief to flood-affected families in Dighinala

August 9, 2023

DIGHINALA CORRESPONDENT The army has reached several shelters in Dighinala upazila of Khagrachhari, where continuous heavy rainfall over the past few days has caused flooding in the upazila’s Merung Bazar and surrounding areas. Numerous families have lost their homes, prompting them to seek refuge in nearby safe shelters. In response, the 4 East Bengal Dighinala […]Continue Reading

Constitutional recognition of national minorities demanded

August 9, 2023

NEWS DESK Politicians, academics, professionals, and national minority leaders on Wednesday at a discussion demanded constitutional recognition of the national minorities as ‘‘indigenous’ people’. Bangladesh Adivasi Forum organised the discussion as part of its day-long programmes at the Central Shaheed Minar premises to mark the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Continue Reading