Rohingya recount atrocities as US official visits Cox’s Bazar refugee camp

December 5, 2022

The US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, Julieta Valls Noyes, has visited the Rohingya camp in Ukhiya in Cox’s Bazar to see the Rohingya situation. She went to Kutupalong, the world’s largest camp, by road from Cox’s Bazar town on Monday (December 5) morning. A day before, in […]Continue Reading

‘Meant Illegal Bangladeshis, Rohingya’: Paresh Rawal Says on ‘Cook Fish for Bengalis’ Remark

December 4, 2022

Actor Paresh Rawal has said that he “meant illegal Bangladeshis and Rohingya” people when he asked at a rally in Gujarat as to what the audience will do with gas cylinders – “cook fish for Bengalis?”, India’s The Wire reports. Rawal’s comments earned him some criticism online after video clips of his speech at an […]Continue Reading

70 Rohingyas arrested in Myanmar after truck crash

December 4, 2022

Seventy Rohingya people hiding in a truck transporting ginger were arrested north of Yangon after the vehicle crashed into a roadside canal, the Myanmar junta said on Sunday (Dec 04, 2022), AFP reports. Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state are widely regarded as illegal immigrants in the Buddhist-majority country and have long faced discrimination, Continue Reading

US won’t let Rohingyas become a forgotten crisis: Asst Secy Noyes

December 4, 2022

Visiting US Assistant Secretary, for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, Julieta Valls Noyes said that the United States, together with its international partners, will not allow the Rohingyas to become a “forgotten crisis”. She made the comment after meeting with the UN agencies which are working on the ground. Noyes thanked all the […]Continue Reading

CHT Peace Accord at 25: Problems and Ways Forward

December 3, 2022

Maj Gen MOHAMMAD ASHAB UDDIN, NDC, PSC (Retd) The Chittagong Hill Tracts is a naturally beautiful and culturally varied region in Bangladesh’s southeast. It has a total area of 5,093 square miles, one-tenth the size of Bangladesh. The region boasts various hills, protected woods, and the magnificent Kaptai Lake. Thirteen tribes and Bengalis live in […]Continue Reading

US Asst Secy Noyes in Bangladesh to discuss Rohingya resettlement

December 3, 2022

NEWS DESK US Assistant Secretary of the US Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, Julieta Valls Noyes is in Bangladesh to discuss a pilot scheme for a resettlement of a small group of Rohingyas to the US and humanitarian assistance for the Rohingya. During her five-day visit, she will hold meetings with Prime Minister’s Office […]Continue Reading

A Deep Dive Into Chittagong Hill Tracts, Peace Accord, Achievements and Expectations

December 3, 2022

Maj Gen Dr. Md. NAYEEM ASHFAQUE CHOWDHURY (Retd) The Chittagong Hill Tracts have been home to several ethnic groups and subgroups since ancient times. Known as Corpus Mahal during the Mughal period (1666–1760), it was renamed the Chittagong Hill Tracts during the British period. As the region is hilly and forested, various tribes came and […]Continue Reading

‘Full implementation’ of CHT Peace Accord needs 2 more years: Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing

December 2, 2022

NEWS DESK Acknowledging that the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord has not been fully implemented even after 25 years of being signed, CHT Affairs Minister Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing has indicated it may take another “one to two years”. Ushwe Sing said in a recent interview marking the silver jubilee of the CHT Peace Accord […]Continue Reading

Full implementation of CHT Accord: 25 years of life lost waiting, says Santu Larma

December 2, 2022

NEWS DESK Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanmhati Samiti president Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma, better known as Santu Larma, has said that the most precious 25 years of his life had been lost waiting for a full implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord. ‘My most productive years have been wasted waiting for a complete implementation of the […]Continue Reading

Youth found slaughtered in Khagrachhari

December 2, 2022

GUIMARA CORRESPONDENT Police recovered the slaughtered body of a Bengali youth at Sindukchhari Ponkhimurai under Guimara Upazila in Khagrachhari on Friday. Tribal terrorists are suspected of having killed him, the police said. The deceased was reportedly a driver/businessman. He might have been abducted over extortion, the local police station chief said. Sindukchhari Continue Reading