Saree made from banana fibre yarn for first time

April 2, 2023

NEWS DESK A weaver from Moulvibazar has weaved a full-length sari using banana fibre yarn, the first of its kind in Bangladesh, under the direct patronage of the Bandarban district administration. Radhabati Debi said that different kinds of yarn are being used to make sarees in Bangladesh but with full support from the Bandarban district […]Continue Reading

Myanmar junta dismisses commander after heavy casualties in Karen State

April 2, 2023

Myanmar’s junta has sacked Lieutenant General Khin Hlaing, the Karen State commander, after his forces suffered heavy casualties in clashes with the Karen National Union (KNU), The Irrawaddy reports. Khin Hlaing is the second general to be forced out after Lieutenant General Than Hlaing, the Sagaing Region commander, was dismissed last year. Major General Myat […]Continue Reading

Rohingya youth abducted and killed

April 2, 2023

NEWS DESK A ring of armed miscreants kidnapped a young man from his home and murdered him with a gunshot before slitting his throat as well at a Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya. Syed Alam, 28, was son of Noor Islam of Ukhiya’s Camp-8 West Block A/50. Officer-in-charge (OC) of Ukhiya police station, Sheikh […]Continue Reading

Rohingya Crisis: US committed to long-term solutions

April 1, 2023

NEWS DESK US President Joe Biden has said his country made a commitment to finding long-term solutions to the Rohingya refugee crisis and holding perpetrators of the atrocities accountable. “You set an example for the world of empathy and generosity in practice,” the US president wrote to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The US embassy in […]Continue Reading

HRW urges Bangladesh to halt Rohingya repatriation plan

April 1, 2023

NEWS  DESK Human Rights Watch on Friday (March 31) urged Bangladesh to suspend plans to repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, warning conditions there would not be safe for the persecuted and stateless minority. Bangladesh is home to around a million Rohingya, most of whom fled a 2017 military crackdown in neighbouring Myanmar that is now […]Continue Reading

Now Indian citizen held at Bandarban border

April 1, 2023

NEWS DESK Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have arrested an Indian citizen from the Naikhongchhari border area of Bandarban district. The arrestee has been identified as Sudhir, 40, son of Bimol of India’s Uttara Pradesh. BGB members arrested him when he was roaming in the border area on Thursday night ( March 30). Cox’s […]Continue Reading

60-yr-old Rohingya man shot dead in Cox’s Bazar

April 1, 2023

NEWS DESK A 60-old Rohingya man was shot dead during a clash between two groups at a camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar early today (April 1). The deceased was identified as Syed Alam, an inhabitant of Kutupalong camp No 8 who used to work as a night guard of the camp. Sheikh Mohammad […]Continue Reading

Dhaka seeks greater Dutch support for Rohingya repatriation

April 1, 2023

NEWS DESK Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Mohammad Tofazzel Hossain Miah has sought support from the Netherlands towards the sustainable return of the Rohingyas and a political solution to the issue in Myanmar. He made the request while calling on Dutch Prime Minister’s Foreign and Security Adviser Geoffrey Van Leeuwen on Friday. He also […]Continue Reading

Vienna Convention and Diplomatic Practice

March 31, 2023

WALIUR RAHMAN “An Ambassador should be a trained theologian, should be well-versed in Aristotle and Plato, and should be able at a moment’s notice to solve the most abstruse problems in correct dialectical form: he should also be expert in mathematics, architecture, music, physics and civil and canon law.”  —Ottaviano Maggi (1596)  The 1961 Vienna […]Continue Reading

The pros and cons of Currency Crises and the Bangladesh Narratives

March 31, 2023

Dr. JAMALUDDIN AHMED Currency crises defined as speculative attack on foreign currency value of currency. A speculative attack often found leading to a sharp exchange rate depreciation despite a strong policy response to defend currency value.  The exchange rate is often considered to be the most critical price for any economy, for its effects all […]Continue Reading