Huge earthquake kills 2,400 in Turkey and Syria, bad weather worsens plight

February 6, 2023

A huge earthquake killed more than 2,400 people across a swathe of Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday, with freezing winter weather adding to the plight of the many thousands left injured or homeless and hampering efforts to find survivors, Reuters reports. The magnitude 7.8 quake brought down whole apartment blocks in Turkish cities and […]Continue Reading

459 Rohingya taken to Kutupalong camp in two phases

February 6, 2023

NEWS DESK A total of 273 Rohingyas were taken to Kutupalong Transit Camp in Ukhiya upazila of the district from the conflicting Tumbru border under Ghumdhum union of Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban on Monday (Feb 6). With this, 459 Rohingyas have so far taken to the transit camp in two phases, from those who entered […]Continue Reading

The Us presidents and the post-cold war security

February 5, 2023

AIR VICE MARSHAL MAHMUD HUSSAIN (Retd) The post-Cold War era has been the most interesting phase in international politics in recent history. No other period has held the balance of power system in so much of ambivalence. The period has two distinct phases. The first phase started with the collapse of the former Soviet Union. […]Continue Reading

Tambru border: Relocation of Rohingyas begins

February 5, 2023

The relocation process of stranded Rohingyas, who fled into Bangladesh territory from a zero-line refugee camp amid violence, began yesterday (Feb 5, 2023). At least 180 stranded Rohingyas of 35 families were brought to a transit camp in Ukhiya’s Kutupalong by buses today, said Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC) Mohammad Mizanur Rahman. The relocated Continue Reading

Bangladesh facing internal security threats in fallout of Rohingya crisis

February 5, 2023

Brig Gen (Retd) Dr M Sakhawat Hussain on Tuesday (Jan 31) said that the Rohingya crisis is already creating internal security threats and Bangladesh could become a “hotbed” in the future if the situation turns into a regional conflict involving India-China-the USA. The former Election Commissioner made the remarks at a seminar titled “Restoring Peace […]Continue Reading

Tambru Border: Govt to send zero-line Rohingyas to transit camp

February 1, 2023

NEWS DESK The government has taken an initiative to transfer 2,889 Rohingyas who fled into Bangladesh territory from a zero-line camp amid intense gunfights between two Myanmar armed groups near Bandarban’s Tambru border. According to officials concerned, the Rohingyas will be moved to Kutupalong transit camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya upazila. “A Continue Reading

New sanctions hit Myanmar junta

February 1, 2023

Myanmar’s junta was granted a six-month extension to a state of emergency, state media reported on Wednesday, likely delaying elections the military had pledged to hold by August, AFP reports. The country has been in turmoil since the army’s power grab in 2021, and a subsequent crackdown on dissent has sparked fighting across swathes of […]Continue Reading

8 Rohingyas jailed for life in Cox’s Bazar for Yaba smuggling

January 30, 2023

NEWS DESK The Cox’s Bazar Additional District and Sessions Judge Court on Monday (Jan 29) sentenced eight Rohingya men to life term imprisonment in a case over smuggling 2 lakh Yaba pills into Bangladesh in 2019. Judge Nishat Sultana of the court pronounced the verdict. The convicts are Md Doula, Robi Alam, Md Alam, Md […]Continue Reading

Underground tunnels reportedly found in no-man’s land across Bangladesh-Myanmar border

January 30, 2023

Several underground tunnels have been reportedly found at the no-man’s land across the Bangladesh-Myanmar border which were allegedly used by a separatist armed group of Myanmar, according to Rohingya and local sources, Anadolu Agency reports. “ARSA (Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army) used those tunnels and even detained people after kidnapping them,” a Rohingya in the no Continue Reading

Bangladesh, UNHCR to launch 2023 joint response plan for Rohingyas soon

January 28, 2023

UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, together with the Bangladesh government will soon launch the Joint Response Plan for 2023 to appeal to donor partners for funding to meet the needs of Rohingyas in Bangladesh and the local communities hosting them in Cox’s Bazar. “We shall appeal for approximately $876 million in all relevant sectors, of […]Continue Reading