South Korea to provide $3m for Rohingyas in Bangladesh

July 26, 2023

NEWS DESK The government of the Republic of Korea on Wednesday announced its plan to provide 3 million US dollars in 2023 to support humanitarian assistance for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Dhaka said this year’s humanitarian assistance will be provided through international organizations in Bangladesh such as […]Continue Reading

Baby dies after teargas fired at Rohingya trying to escape Indian detention centre

July 25, 2023

A five-month-old girl has died after Indian forces fired teargas at Rohingya refugees trying to escape a detention centre where they have been held for more than two years, The UK’s The Guardian newspaper reports. Videos – sent to Rohingya activists by detainees at Hiranagar jail, now operating as a holding centre – appear to […]Continue Reading

Myanmar’s military plans to move Suu Kyi to house arrest, according to unofficial reports

July 25, 2023

Myanmar’s military-controlled government plans to transfer the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi from a prison in the capital, Naypyitaw, to home confinement. The move is part of an act of clemency to prisoners in connection with a religious ceremony next week, a security official said Tuesday, AP reports. There has been no official […]Continue Reading

Indian police arrest 74 Rohingya refugees in Uttar Pradesh

July 24, 2023

Indian police said they arrested 74 Rohingya refugees on Monday for living “illegally” in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh – a move activists condemned as an arbitrary crackdown on people fleeing violence, Reuters reports. The members of the Muslim Rohingya community were detained in six town and cities in the state and 10 of […]Continue Reading

RAB probing possible links between KNF and Nur

July 24, 2023

NEWS DESK Detectives are looking into the connection between separatist group Kuki Chin National Front (KNF) and Nurul Haque Nur, leader of a faction of Gono Odhikar Parishad. RAB Legal and Media Wing Director Commander Khandaker Al Moin gave this information to reporters at a press conference at RAB media centre in the capital’s Karwan […]Continue Reading

Three construction workers kidnapped in Bandarban

July 22, 2023

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, BANDARBAN In a distressing incident, three construction workers were kidnapped in Bandarban, and the abductors have demanded a ransom of Tk 10 lakh. The incident came to light on Saturday afternoon, July 22. The abducted individuals are identified as Nurul Islam, son of Cox’s Bazar Chakriar, Rabiul Islam (20), Md. Ismail Hossain (21), […]Continue Reading

Arsa’s top terrorist and military commander arrested with cash and weapons

July 22, 2023

COX’S BAZAR CORRESPONDENT A top terrorist and military commander of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (Arsa), Hafez Mohammad, along with six Arsa members, was apprehended by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a major operation in Baharchhara-Shyamlapur area under Teknaf Police Station in Cox’s Bazar. The operation, conducted on Friday (July 21), resulted in Continue Reading

Myanmar Junta Airstrike Hits Kachin Village

July 22, 2023

A Myanmar junta airstrike has hit a Kachin State village near where regime troops have been fighting the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) since last month. Three jet fighters bombed Nam San Yang village, which was previously controlled by the KIA about 9km from its Laiza headquarters, on Friday night. No casualties were reported as villagers […]Continue Reading

Rohingya activists call for more international pressure on Myanmar

July 22, 2023

Rohingya activists in Bangladesh are calling on the international community to increase pressure on Myanmar following a renewed call at the UN for safe and sustainable repatriation of the persecuted minority to their homeland, Arab News reports. Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar have endured decades of systematic discrimination and persecution, including the Continue Reading

Rohingya’s in KSA: They’ll have passports renewed: home boss

July 22, 2023

NEWS DESK A large number of Rohingyas who went to Saudi Arabia decades ago with Bangladeshi passports will have their passports renewed. The government decided following request from the Saudi authorities. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said, “We are renewing their passports under the condition that they will be staying in the Middle Eastern country […]Continue Reading