Training commander of Jamatul Ansar, 8 other militants arrested in Bandarban: RAB

March 13, 2023

NEWS DESK Nine members, including a training commander, of militant group Jamatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya have been arrested in a drive conducted by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Tongkaboti in sadar upazila of Bandarban. Commander Khandaker Al Moin, director of Rab’s legal and media wing, revealed the information while briefing the media on Monday […]Continue Reading

Pathways to achieving sustainable ocean futures

March 13, 2023

Rear Admiral Md. KHURSHED ALAM (Retd.) The planet has already started absorbing increasing anthropogenic impacts and accelerating change to social-ecological systems, with local to global implications for human well-being (Steffen et al. 2015a). In response, there has been considerable international focus on conserving ecosystems and enabling sustainable development like Continue Reading

“I will miss the most when I leave Dhaka”: British High Commissioner Robert Chatterton Dickson

March 13, 2023

RABB MAJUMDER Robert Chatterton Dickson, a seasoned diplomat, has been the British High Commissioner in Dhaka since March 2019. According to UK website report, Robert served as the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Additional Director for the Western Balkans Program from September 2018 until January 2019. He headed the Secretariat team that supported the National Continue Reading

Army man killed, 2 others hurt as KNA members open fire in Bandarban: ISPR

March 13, 2023

NEWS DESK An army man was killed and two others were injured after armed members of Kuki-Chin National Army (KNA) opened fire on the army personnel in Bandarban yesterday (March 12), the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a press release today. The deceased was identified as Nazim Uddin, a master warrant officer. Two […]Continue Reading

Fire at Rohingya camps ‘planned sabotage’: Panel

March 12, 2023

A fire that left thousands of Rohingya Muslims homeless in Bangladesh camps was a “planned act of sabotage”, a panel investigating the blaze said on Sunday (March 12), Reuters reports. Nearly 2,800 shelters and more than 90 facilities including hospitals and learning centres were destroyed in the fire on March 5, leaving more than 12,000 […]Continue Reading

KNF terrorists open fire in Thanchi, leaving 4 labourers injured and 4 missing

March 12, 2023

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT In Thanchi of Bandarban, members of local separatist organization Kuki-Chin National Force (KNF) have shot four people, including three labourers and one driver. Since this incident, about 16 people, including contractors and stone traders engaged in road construction work, were missing. KNF members released 12 of the missing 16 people, including Continue Reading

Three army members shot during KNF firing in Bandarban

March 12, 2023

STAFF REPORTER Three army personnel were injured when KNF personnel opened fire on an army medical camp in Paikhyong-Ronin para of Rowanchhari upazila of Bandarban district. The incident happened on Sunday (March 12) around 1 pm. According to local sources, a team of the army was on a regular patrol in the area last week. […]Continue Reading

Rohingya situation becomes difficult due to Russia-Ukraine war: PM

March 8, 2023

NEWS DESK Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (March 8) said the war in Ukraine and its refugees have attracted the global attention shifting the focus from the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh which makes the situation more difficult. “The war (in Ukraine) has made the situation more difficult. The whole focus is now on the war […]Continue Reading

UN seeks $876m Rohingya aid package after funding cuts

March 7, 2023

The United Nations said Tuesday it needs $876 million to meet the humanitarian needs of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, after dwindling donations for the persecuted minority forced a cut to their food rations, AFP reports. Around one million members of the mostly Muslim Rohingya community live in squalid relief camps in Bangladesh, many after fleeing […]Continue Reading

Fire at Rohingya camp: Probe body starts work to identify cause

March 6, 2023

NEWS DESK A seven-member committee today (March 6) started work to identify the cause of yesterday’s fire at Balukhali Rohingya camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar. Additional District Magistrate of Cox’s Bazar Abu Sufian, who is leading the committee, told The Daily Star that the probe body consists of representatives from Refugee Relief and […]Continue Reading