Foreign travel of officials, employees with govt expenses banned

November 9, 2022

NEWS DESK The government today (Nov 9, 2022) banned foreign travel of all officers and employees of state-owned organisations at their institutions’ expenses. All orders on the officers’ and employees’ foreign travel with the funding of the government have been cancelled until further order, said a notification of the Finance Division. The government Continue Reading

US, EU add more sanctions as Myanmar violence deepens

November 9, 2022

NEWS DESK The United States and European Union have announced new sanctions against Myanmar’s military regime aimed at officials, companies and arms dealers, as campaigners urge quicker implementation of the measures given the deepening crisis in the country, Aljazeera and agencies report. The EU sanctions apply to 19 more individuals and entities, including a minister Continue Reading

Militant outfit Sharqiya financed KNF Tk 1.7m to buy heavy weapons: RAB

November 9, 2022

NEWS DESK New militant outfit Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya financed Tk 17 lakh to a separatist group of Chattogram Hill Tracts Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) to buy heavy weapons. The outfit sent over Tk 50 lakh to various places through banking channels and mobile banking in the last eight to nine months for conducting […]Continue Reading

Rohingya man shot dead in Cox’s Bazar

November 8, 2022

  NEWS DESK A Rohingya man was shot dead by some unidentified miscreants at Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar on Monday night (Nov 7, 2022). The deceased was identified as Mohammad Salam, 26, from Musni refugee camp in Teknaf, said Abdul Halim, Officer-in-Charge of Teknaf police station. Three unidentified men took wounded Salam to Kutopalong […]Continue Reading

Despite other global crises, UN still focused on Rohingya issue, UNRC says

November 8, 2022

NEWS DESK UN Resident Coordinator (UNRC) in Bangladesh Gwyn Lewis on Tuesday (Nov 8, 2022) said that despite other major developing crises in the world, the United Nations continues to focus on the Rohingya issue, and has been trying to find a political solution. “It’s incredibly challenging. The focus is there,” she said, adding that […]Continue Reading

Myanmar takes delivery of Russian fighter jets

November 6, 2022

NEWS DESK Myanmar’s military has begun taking delivery of a batch of Russian-made combat jets, a monitoring group said on Friday (Nov 4, 2022), the latest hardware shipped from Moscow as rights campaigners accuse the junta of hitting civilians with air strikes, AFP reports. In 2018 under the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi, […]Continue Reading

2 Rohingya killed as army, rebels clash in Myanmar

November 6, 2022

NEWS DESK Two Rohingya refugees were killed and five others were injured in Myanmar on Friday (Nov 4, 2022) when several mortar shells hit their villages during a battle between the junta forces and a rebel group, raising panic among refugees living in Bangladesh’s camps, Anadolu Agency reports. The Myanmar Army carried out “heavy shelling […]Continue Reading

China, Russia, India enabling Myanmar’s military rule: Report

November 5, 2022

NEWS DESK Support from China, Russia and India is enabling Myanmar’s military to sustain itself and carry out human rights abuses despite its failure to consolidate power following last year’s coup, a group of international legislators has said, Aljazeera reports. In a report published on Wednesday, the parliamentarians said this “steadfast and uncritical” support, Continue Reading

More than 80 Rohingya detained in Myanmar

November 5, 2022

NEWS DESK More than 80 Rohingya people seeking to travel by boat to Malaysia have been detained in Myanmar’s southeast after traffickers abandoned them, a security source told AFP on Saturday. Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state are widely regarded as illegal immigrants in the Buddhist-majority country and have long faced discrimination, been Continue Reading

India police arrest 7 Rohingya

November 4, 2022

At least seven illegal Rohingya immigrants were held by the police in Tripura. According to the reports, the apprehended illegal Rohingya immigrants had entered into India through the Shunamura border in Tripura from Bangladesh, Northeast Now reports. They were held by the Tripura police at a check gate along the Agartala-Assam highway. The arrested illegal […]Continue Reading