Gunfight between terrorists leaves one dead, two injured in Bandarban

March 22, 2023

A gunfight between terrorists has left one person dead and two others injured at Ramthar Karbaripara in Bandarban’s Roangchhari. The dead person was identified as Thamchu Bawm, 74. The injured could not be identified immediately. The incident took place around 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday (March 22). After the incident, police and army members recovered the […]Continue Reading

Myanmar delegation returns home after verifying info of about 500 Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar

March 22, 2023

NEWS DESK A delegation from Myanmar has returned home after verifying the information of about 500 Rohingyas who are in the process of repatriation in the refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar. The delegation left Bangladesh on a trawler through the Teknaf-Myanmar transit jetty at Jaliapara of Teknaf at around 10am on Wednesday (March 22). The […]Continue Reading

Two Rohingya men shot dead in Cox’s Bazar camp

March 21, 2023

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, COX’S BAZAR Two Rohingya men have been killed by a group of unidentified miscreants at a camp in Ukhiya of Cox’s Bazar. Of them, one died on the spot, and another died on the way to the hospital. Another Rohingya was critically injured. He has been admitted to Cox’s Bazar General Hospital. The […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh emphasizes shared responsibility of OIC members in achieving sustainable Rohingya crisis solution

March 18, 2023

NEWS DESK Bangladesh has said the OIC member states must share collective responsibility to ensure safe and dignified return of the most persecuted community– the Rohingyas to their homeland, Myanmar. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen made the call during the open-ended meeting of the OIC Ad Hoc Ministerial Committee on Accountability for Human Rights […]Continue Reading

Rohingya volunteer shot dead in Cox’s Bazar

March 15, 2023

NEWS DESK A youth was shot dead in a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya upazila this morning (March 15). The deceased was identified as Abdur Rashid, a volunteer at Balukhali Camp 8. Syed Harunur Rashid, commanding officer of Armed Police Battalion- 14, said a gang opened fire at Abdur Rashid around 8:00am, leaving […]Continue Reading

Rohingya repatriation: Myanmar technical team in Bangladesh for verification

March 15, 2023

TEKNAF CORRESPONDENTS, COX’S BAZAR CORRESPONDENTS   A Myanmar technical team has arrived in Bangladesh with a view to verifying the potential repatriation list of Rohingyas who fled to Bangladesh.  The team, comprising 17 members, led by Aung Myo, State Minister for Social Affairs of Myanmar’s Rakhine state, arrived in Bangladesh through the Teknaf-Mongdu Continue Reading

Chinese envoy hopes for 1st batch Rohingya repatriation soon

March 15, 2023

NEWS DESK Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen hoped that the first batch of displaced Rohingya would be repatriated to Myanmar soon while China to continue its role as mediator to resolve the crisis. “Hopefully on the joint efforts of all the parties, hopefully these are first batch of right issue could be taken place […]Continue Reading

Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camp fire: 35 unidentified people sued

March 15, 2023

NEWS DESK A case was filed on Tuesday (March 14) accusing 35 unidentified individuals in connection with the burning of over 2,800 structures in a massive fire at a Rohingya camp in  Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar on March 5. One Rohingya youth named Md Selim filed the case at Ukhiya police station on Tuesday, […]Continue Reading

Dhaka calls on global community to raise their voices to ensure safe return of Rohingyas

March 14, 2023

NEWS DESK Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has urged the international community, including the Bangladeshi diaspora in the UK to raise their voices to ensure the voluntary, safe and sustainable repatriation of the forcibly displaced Rohingyas, temporarily sheltered in Bangladesh, to their homeland in Myanmar at an early date. He made the call when […]Continue Reading

The inside story of Myanmar govt’s info war on Rohingya

March 14, 2023

As sectarian tensions flared over the rape and killing of a Rakhine ethnic woman in May 2012, three reports from the Information Ministry arrived in the newsroom of the state-run Myanma Alin newspaper with orders to publish them without fail, The Irrawaddy writes. Two stories published by the state-run Myanma Alin Daily on June 5, […]Continue Reading