Insights into the CHT Peace Accord After 25 Years

December 2, 2022

PARBATTA NEWS DESK The Greater Chittagong Hill Tracts consist of the districts of Khagrachari, Rangamati, and Bandarban. There are small ethnic groups and Bengalis living here. The region has been plagued by trouble and insecurity for a long time due to armed and bloody conflict. After the formation of the government in 1996, Prime Minister […]Continue Reading

Tunisia upset France but still exit World Cup

November 30, 2022

NEWS DESK French-born Wahbi Khazri scored the only goal of the game as Tunisia upset World Cup holders France 1-0 at the Education City Stadium on Wednesday, but the shock victory was not enough for them to join the defending champions in the last 16 of the tournament in Qatar, Reuters reports. Khazri steered home […]Continue Reading

JSS supporter killed in Rangamati; finger pointed at UPDF

November 30, 2022

BAGHAICHHARI CORRESPONDENT A 20-year-old youth has been shot dead by terrorists in the midpoint area of Durgam Newlongkar Dari Para village of Sajek Union of Baghaichhari Upazila of Rangamati. Another youth was injured after being shot in the leg in the same incident on Wednesday (Nov 30), said Nurul Alam, the officer-in-charge at Sajek Police […]Continue Reading

Rohingya leader killed in Cox’s Bazar camp

November 29, 2022

NEWS DESK Some unidentified men killed a sub-majhi (community leader) of a Rohingya camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar. Shahab Uddin was stabbed and shot to death in Camp No 12 of Palongkhali in the upazila at around 4:30am on Tuesday (Nov 29, 2022). Ukhiya police station OC Sheikh Mohammad Ali said some 20-30 […]Continue Reading

No separatist acts will be tolerated on Bangladesh-Myanmar border: BGB chief

November 29, 2022

NEWS DESK Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Major General Shakil Ahmed today (Nov 29, 2022) said BGB and Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) will not accept separatists’ activities on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. “BGB and BGP will not accept separatists’ activities on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. For this reason, the border guards of the Continue Reading

Rakhine Truce Between Myanmar Junta and Arakan Army ‘Hanging by a Thread’

November 29, 2022

NEWS DESK There is no guarantee that the sudden ceasefire between Myanmar’s military regime and the Arakan Army (AA) in Rakhine will hold for long, said political observers, The Irrawaddy reports. Rakhine politician U Pe Than said the truce is fragile as it is merely a verbal rather than written agreement. “The Myanmar military must […]Continue Reading

After World Cup win over Wales, Iran frees prisoners arrested in protests

November 28, 2022

Iran has released more than 700 prisoners after the national team’s World Cup football victory over Wales, the judiciary’s Mizan Online website said Monday (Nov 28, 2022), AFP reports. It announced that “709 detainees were freed from different prisons in the country” following the 2-0 victory on Friday. Among those are “some arrested during Continue Reading

Ghana hold off South Korea in five-goal thriller

November 28, 2022

NEWS DESK Mohammed Kudus netted twice as Ghana edged out South Korea 3-2 in a dramatic and fluctuating World Cup Group H game on Monday (Nov 28, 2022) to stay in contention for the next round, Reuters reports. Ghana led 2-0 at halftime but allowed South Korea back into the match as Cho Gue-sung netted […]Continue Reading

Netherlands, UN migration agency sign $7.5M deal to aid Rohingya in Bangladesh

November 28, 2022

NEWS DESK The Netherlands Embassy in Dhaka and the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) signed a $7.5 million agreement to support persecuted Rohingya refugees and host communities in Cox’s Bazar. The agreement was signed on Monday (Nov 28, 2022) by Thijs Woudstra, deputy ambassador of The Netherlands to Bangladesh, and Fathima Nusrath Ghazzali, Continue Reading

DGFI Official Murder Case: ARSA leader among 66 accused

November 27, 2022

NEWS DESK Sixty-six persons have been made accused in the case filed over the murder of a DGFI officer near the Tumbru border in Bandarban’s Naikkhangchhari on November 14. Of them, Ataullah Abu Ammar Jununi, known as the commander-in-chief of Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), has been named as the prime accused. Mohammad Anwar Hossain, […]Continue Reading