Relevance of World Indigenous Day celebration in Bangladesh

August 7, 2023

Maj Gen Dr. Md. NAYEEM ASHFAQUE CHOWDHURY (Retd.) The United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution (49/214) on December 23, 1994, declaring August 9 to be the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, commemorating the first meeting of the UN Working Group on the Indigenous Peoples held in 1982. The day is celebrated to raise […]Continue Reading

PCCP calls for ensuring parbattanews.com editor’s security amid death threats

August 7, 2023

STAFF REPORTER Parbatta Chattogram Chhatra Parishad (PCCP) has demanded that security be ensured for Mehadi Hassan Palash, the editor at parbattanews.com, as he faces a series of death threats from numerous Facebook IDs, pages, groups, and IDs linked to a hill tracts terrorist group. The Rangamati chapter of PCCP issued a statement on Monday (August […]Continue Reading

Mother and daughter killed in landslide at Rohingya Camp in Ukhia

August 7, 2023

UKHIA CORRESPONDENT, COX’S BAZAR Tragedy struck the Rohingya camp in Ukhia, Cox’s Bazar, as a mother and her young daughter lost their lives in a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall. The incident occurred on Monday (August 7) at around 5:30 pm at Rohingya Camp No. 9 Balukhali in Palongkhali Union of Ukhia. The victims have […]Continue Reading

Myanmar poet turned rebel leader seeks new territory; worries about ‘ephemeral revolutionaries’

August 5, 2023

Poet turned militia leader Maung Saungkha, one of the most prominent figures fighting for democracy in Myanmar, says his armed group plans to start carving out territory in the country’s heartlands to confront the junta more directly, Reuters reports. Maung Saungkha said the move is a key strategic aim for his Bamar People’s Liberation Army […]Continue Reading

Myanmar’s civilian government releases blacklist of junta collaborators in Yangon

August 5, 2023

NEWS DESK Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG) has blacklisted 49 government officials in Yangon Region—including former military personnel transferred to the civil service, deputy director generals, and directors of the Yangon City Development Committee—for collaborating with the junta to persecute striking civil servants, The Irrawaddy reports. The 49 personnel are Continue Reading

Resettlement Programme: US efforts underway to take most vulnerable Rohingyas

August 5, 2023

NEWS DESK The United States (US) has planned to establish a resettlement programme that will enable the most vulnerable Rohingya refugees to relocate to the US. “We are pleased to be coordinating with the government of Bangladesh and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to establish a resettlement programme,” said US Ambassador to […]Continue Reading

Rohingya refugees wary as China develops plan for repatriation   

August 4, 2023

Rohingya refugees living in squalid and sprawling camps in Bangladesh are casting a skeptical eye on a Chinese initiative to facilitate their return to Myanmar, where they were subjected to a campaign of murder and burning by the same military forces that now rule the country, VOA reports. “We want to return home. However, under […]Continue Reading

KNF and peace committee hold second round of talks in Bandarban

August 4, 2023

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT In an effort to bring peace to the hills amid the ongoing situation, the second dialogue between the Shaanti Pratishtha Committee (Peace Establishment Committee) and Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) took place in Bandarban on the Zoom platform, lasting for three hours. During the talks, both the sides reached an agreement to cease shootings, […]Continue Reading

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi granted partial pardon

August 2, 2023

Myanmar’s ruling military has granted partial clemency to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, pardoning the Nobel laureate in five of the 19 offences for which she was convicted and jailed for a total of 33 years following a coup two years ago, according to media reports, Al Jazeera reports. The pardons, announced on state […]Continue Reading

Rohingya killed in gunfight

August 2, 2023

NEWS DESK A Rohingya man was killed and seven others including members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) were injured during a ‘gunfight’. The fight, between BGB and a group of suspected drug dealers held at Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Md Rafique Miah, 51, a resident of […]Continue Reading