JSS terrorist held with arms in Rangamati

November 17, 2022

STAFF REPORTER, RANGAMATI/ BAGHAICHHARI and RAJSTHALI CORRESPONDENTS Joint forces arrested a JSS terrorist during a special drive in Rangamati’s Kaptai upazila on Wednesday (November 16, 2022). The arrested person has been identified as Ranjit Kumar Tanchangya, 61, an armed terrorist of JSS (Jana Samhati Samiti). One country-made pistol (LG), four rounds of ammunition, one Continue Reading

India hands over 30 military trained mules to Bangladesh Army

November 16, 2022

NEWS DESK In a display of effective defence cooperation, Bangladesh Army has received 30 fully trained and ready for deployment military mules from India, The Hindu Business Line reports. The mules, handed over at the India-Bangladesh border, were trained at the Remount Training School and Depots (RTSD) in Saharanpur of Western Uttar Pradesh. Army officials […]Continue Reading

UN adopts resolution on human rights of Rohingya, other minorities in Myanmar

November 16, 2022

NEWS DESK The UN General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted a resolution “on the situation of human rights of Rohingya and other minorities in Myanmar” without a vote. “We would like to see the increased role of the regional countries and the regional organisations in resolving the Rohingya crisis with enhanced urgency, before it turns into […]Continue Reading

Army chief hands over regimental colour to 9 units

November 16, 2022

NEWS DESK Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed awarded regimental colour to nine units of Bangladesh Army in Chattogram Cantonment on Wednesday (Nov 16, 2022). General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed was present in the programme held at East Bengal Regimental Centre in the cantonment as the chief guest. Bangladesh Army’s 17 Field Regiment Artillery, […]Continue Reading

Second boat of over 100 Rohingya lands on Indonesian beach

November 16, 2022

NEWS DESK Over 100 Rohingya Muslims traveling in a wooden boat have landed on an Indonesian beach, the second group in as many days to arrive in the island nation’s northernmost province of Aceh, AP reports. The group of 61 men, 36 women and 22 children that landed Wednesday morning in North Aceh district’s Bluka […]Continue Reading

Bangladeshi loses leg in landmine blast along Myanmar border

November 16, 2022

NEWS DESK A Bangladeshi national lost one leg in a landmine explosion in Phultali area of Naikhongchhari upazila in Bandarban bordering Myanmar on Wednesday (Nov 16, 2022). The injured was identified as Muhammad Belal, 30, son of Abul Hasem, of Kochhopia union in Ramu upazila. He is undergoing treatment at Cox’s Bazar Medical College and […]Continue Reading

Boat carrying 111 Rohingya refugees lands in Indonesia’s Aceh

November 15, 2022

NEWS DESK A boat carrying 111 Rohingya refugees, including women and children, landed on the shores of Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh on Tuesday, authorities said, the latest among an annual exodus from northwest Myanmar, Reuters reports. The Rohingya, a persecuted Muslim minority, have for years sailed to countries such as Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia Continue Reading

Muslim woman leaves the faith to marry Hindu man in Chattogram

November 15, 2022

RAJSTHALI CORRESPONDENT, RANGAMATI A 26-year-old Muslim woman has left her religion and married a Hindu man in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila. The couple have been identified as Sajuna Akter Nishu, daughter of Md. Idris, now an Oman expatriate, from Pashchim Mekhol village, and Shoyon Nath, 21, as son of Gopal Nath from the same village. On […]Continue Reading

DGFI officer killed in gunfight with smugglers in Bandarban: ISPR

November 14, 2022

STAFF CORRRESPONDENT, BANDARBAN A DGFI officer has been killed and a RAB member injured as joint forces clashed with smugglers in Bandarban’s Naikhyangchari on Monday (Nov. 14, 2022). The gunfight took place at Naikhyangchari’s Tumbru around 7:00 p.m., according to an ISPR press release. The deceased DGFI officer was from the Bangladesh Air Force, the […]Continue Reading

Myanmar situation preventing full-scale Rohingya repatriation: Japan

November 14, 2022

NEWS DESK Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki on Monday (Nov 14, 2022) said it is unlikely to see a full-scale Rohingya repatriation anytime soon due to the situation in Myanmar at this moment. “It’ll be very difficult to see repatriation of Rohingyas on full-scale soon. Unless you see the improvement of the situation in […]Continue Reading