6 Rohingya robbers held in Tekhnaf with arms, yaba

January 3, 2023

NEWS DESK Bangladesh Coast Guard arrested six Rohingya robbers with 14 domestic and foreign firearms, 486 rounds of ammunition and yaba in Tekhnaf of Cox’s Bazar. Members of Coast Guard of Tekhnaf and Saint Martin carried the drives between Monday night (Jan 2, 2023) and Tuesday morning (Jan 3, 2023). In a press briefing held […]Continue Reading

Rohingya youth held with arms, ammos

January 3, 2023

NEWS DESK Police on Monday (Jan 2, 2023) detained a Rohingya youth with a weapon and bullets at Nayapara Rohingya refugee camp in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar. The detainee is Akhtar Faruk, 20, Teknaf Model police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Abdul Halim confirmed. Faruk is a native of the B Block in the Nayapara Mochni Rohingya Camp. […]Continue Reading

‘2023 should be Rohingya Home Year,’ demand Rohingya refugees

December 31, 2022

“2023 should be Rohingya Home Year,” read a placard held up by a refugee boy as nearly 1,000 Rohingya people in Bangladesh’s refugee camp in the southern border district of Cox’s Bazar on Saturday held a rally, demanding a peaceful and dignified return to their home country of Myanmar’s Rakhine State, Anadolu Agency reports. Carrying […]Continue Reading

Risking death at sea, Rohingya Muslims seek safety in Indonesia

December 29, 2022

Crying with relief after a traumatic 40-day voyage to Indonesia in a leaky boat, Rohingya Muslim Fatimah bin Ismail held a mobile phone with shaky hands as she made a video call to relatives, Reuters reports. The 19-year-old was among 174 surviving Rohingya in the overloaded wooden fishing boat when it washed up on the […]Continue Reading

Brac NGO’s ‘irresponsibility’ leads to fire at Rohingya camp; no casaulties

December 29, 2022

HNILA CORRESPONDENT, COX’S BAZAR A fire has broken out at a Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila incurring a loss of up to Tk 800,000. However, no casualties were reported. The fire occurred at a Brac WASH centre of Chakmarkul of Rohingya Camp 21 under the Upazila’s Hoaikang Union Parishad around 11:30am on Thursday, […]Continue Reading

KNF has no connection with us: Ethnic minorities

December 28, 2022

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, BANDARBAN Ethnic minorities have said they have nothing to do with the newly launched Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), an armed separatist group based in Chittagong Hill Tracts. They announced this at a press conference at Arun Sarki Town Hall in Bandarban district town on Tuesday amid claims by the KNF that ethnic minorities […]Continue Reading

Second boat with 185 Rohingya arrives in Indonesia’s Aceh

December 28, 2022

At least 185 Rohingya refugees have landed in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh after drifting at sea for weeks, police and rights activists said, Al Jazeera reports. The boat came ashore in Ujong Pie village on Monday, a day after a wooden vessel with 57 Rohingya people landed in another part of Aceh on Christmas […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh tries to stop Rohingya risking their lives at sea: Official

December 28, 2022

Bangladesh is trying to stop Rohingya refugees risking their lives in boats to Southeast Asia, a government official said, amid fears that this year could be one of the most deadly in years for the persecuted Muslims from Myanmar seeking new lives, Reuters reports. A boat washed ashore in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Monday carrying […]Continue Reading

PM Hasina seeks Turkish cooperation in Rohingya repatriation

December 27, 2022

NEWS DESK Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Dec 27) sought robust Turkish investment alongside cooperation in sustainable repatriation of Rohingyas as Ankara’s ambassador in Dhaka Mustafa Osman Turan paid a farewell call on her, a PMO spokesman said. “I call for larger Turkish investment in Bangladesh,” PM’S Speech Writer M Nazrul Islam quoted her Continue Reading

Rohingya leader shot dead in Cox’s Bazar

December 26, 2022

A Rohingya community leader (majhi) was shot dead by unknown criminals at a camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar. Deceased Shafi Ullah, 40, was a resident and the leader of Block B of Balukhali Camp 8, said Sheikh Md Ali, officer-in-charge of Ukhiya Police Station. The incident took place at Balukhali camp (East) in […]Continue Reading