China is working silently over Rohingya issue: Envoy

October 26, 2022

NEWS DESK China wants a “peaceful and stable” Bangladesh for continuing the pace of development, said Chinese Ambassador Li Jiming today (October 26, 2022). “Peace and stability are preconditions for development. Any problem, therefore, should be solved in a democratic and peaceful way,” he said at the DCAB Talk at Jatiya Press Club. He said […]Continue Reading

Without accountability, political transition in Myanmar won’t fix Rohingya issue, Bangladesh tells seminar at UK Parliament

October 25, 2022

NEWS DESK State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has said that in the absence of justice and accountability, a political transition in Myanmar will not fix the Rohingya issue. “That is why, this time around, accountability must be ensured, justice must be delivered, and impunity must not be allowed by the international community […]Continue Reading

Cyclone Sitrang: No major damage in Rohingya camps, says OCHA

October 25, 2022

NEWS DESK No flooding or major damage has been reported so far in the Rohingya camps in Bhasan Char and Cox’s Bazar due to Cyclone Sitrang, says the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA. The Sitrang made landfall in Bangladesh yesterday (October 24, 2022) with wind speeds reaching up to […]Continue Reading

Iran to support Bangladesh in safe, dignified Rohingya repatriation: Envoy

October 25, 2022

NEWS DESK Iranian Ambassador to Bangladesh Mansour Chavoshi today (Oct 25) said his country will support Bangladesh on the issue of safe and dignified repatriation of Rohingyas, the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals, to their homeland. The envoy said this while calling on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban this morning. Prime Minister’s Continue Reading

Death toll from air raids in Myanmar’s Kachin reported to hit 80

October 25, 2022

NEWS DESK The death toll from a Myanmar military air raid in northern Kachin state has risen to 80, according to reports, as human rights groups accused the ruling generals of violating the laws of war and called on the international community to impose a ban on the sale of arms and aviation fuel to […]Continue Reading

Myanmar army air raids on ethnic rebel group concert ‘kill 60’

October 25, 2022

NEWS DESK Air raids by Myanmar’s military on a celebratory event held by a prominent ethnic rebel group have killed dozens of people, including civilians, the rebels say, Al Jazeera. Colonel Naw Bu told AFP news agency on Monday that “two Myanmar military jets attacked” the ceremony held by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in […]Continue Reading

Anti-militancy drive in CHT: KNF’s Nathan Bawm among 68 sued

October 23, 2022

DESK REPORT The Rapid Action Battalion, or RAB, has filed a case against 68 people, including Kuki-Chin National Front, or KNF, chief Nathan Bawm, with the Bilaichhari Police Station in Rangamati. The RAB arrested three members of the armed separatist group Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) and seven members of the new militant group Jamaat-ul-Ansar Fil […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh evacuates 30 families from border amid fury in Myanmar

October 23, 2022

NEWS DESK In the face of continuous gunfire and mortar shelling inside Myanmar close to the Bangladesh border for six hours on Saturday (Oct 22, 2022), local authorities have evacuated 30 families in Dochari and Ghumdhum unions of Naikhyangchari upazila in Bandarban district. The sound and fury on the Myanmar side of the international border, […]Continue Reading

Rohingya arrestee escapes from prison van

October 23, 2022

NEWS DESK An arrested Rohingya refugee accused in a drug case escaped from a prison van on Saturday afternoon (Oct 22, 2022) while he was being taken to a court in Cox’s Bazar. Mujibul Alam, a refugee from Ukhia’s Kutupalong camp, and 11 others were being taken to the court from Ukhiya Police Station. The […]Continue Reading

UPDF ‘collector’ held with Tk 3 lakh in extorted money in Rangamati’s Sajek

October 22, 2022

BAGHAICHHARI CORRESPONDENT, RANGAMATI Joint forces have arrested an alleged UPDF collector in possession of Tk 300,000 in extorted money among others in Rangamati. Identified as Rupin, alias Robin Chakma, 26, son of Indraban Chakma of Jarulchhari village, he was arrested from the Machalong Bazar area of Sajek union of the hill district’s Baghaichhari upazila around Continue Reading