Rohingya camp leader shot in Cox’s Bazar

October 12, 2022

NEWS DESK A Rohingya leader of camp no. 9 sustained a bullet injury in an attack by miscreants in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday night (Oct 11, 2022). Mohammad Hossain is a leader, locally known as Head Majhi, of the Rohingya camp no. 9 in Balukhali Moinakhonar area of the upazila. Sheikh Mohammad […]Continue Reading

Civilians in firing line as conflict returns to Myanmar’s Rakhine

October 11, 2022

On the evening of September 25, in Nagara village in western Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine State, Bu Wine and her family went to bed early. But a couple of hours later, she was awake. “After hearing loud firing at midnight, I felt worried,” she told Al Jazeera, recalling how she planned to gather up her four […]Continue Reading

Shelling resumes in Myanmar frightening Bangladeshi residents along the border

October 11, 2022

NEWS DESK The residents of Naikhyangchari in the bordering areas of Bandarban district were in a panic as the fresh sounds of firing and shelling of artillery and mortars were heard from inside Myanmar. The shelling resumed on Sunday night (Oct 9, 2022), after a break of 11 days, causing panic among several thousand villagers […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh govt served legal notice to remove Rohingya refugees from territory

October 11, 2022

NEWS DESK A Supreme Court lawyer today (October 11, 2022) served a legal notice on the authorities concerned of the government, asking them to expel Rohingya refugees from the territory of Bangladesh and to take a visible initiative in 10 days to relocate them to member countries of SAARC, BIMSTEC, and ASEAN on sharing basis. […]Continue Reading

Conflict along Myanmar border: PM Hasina orders to ‘take necessary measures’

October 10, 2022

NEWS DESK Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed to do everything necessary in the case of firing and casualties on the Myanmar border Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said that he received this directive from the Prime Minister during a meeting with her on Monday (Oct 10, 2022). He told reporters at the Ministry of […]Continue Reading

BGB on highest alert along border with Myanmar: DG

October 10, 2022

NAIKHONGCHHARI CORRESPONDENT, BAISHARI CORRESPONDENT The Border Guard Bangladesh, or BGB, has been put on maximum alert along the border with Myanmar, BGB Director General Major General Shakil Ahmed has said. “Along the border, the BGB is on the highest level of alert. The BGB has a record of every bullet fired from the other side […]Continue Reading

Declassified documents reveal Israel’s role in Myanmar atrocities against Rohingya Muslims

October 7, 2022

NEWS DESK Recently declassified Israeli Foreign Ministry documents reveal deep Israeli military ties with Burma, now known as Myanmar, and its significant role in the brutal massacre against the Rohingya Muslims, reports The Middle East Monitor. According to a report published yesterday by Haaretz, the 25,000 pages of documents detail how the Israeli regime armed and Continue Reading

Bangladesh seeks proactive role of ASEAN in resolving Rohingya crisis

October 7, 2022

NEWS DESK Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen has said that Bangladesh wants to intensify political, trade, economic and cultural connectivity with the Association of South East Asian Nations, or ASEAN, and seeks its support for early repatriation of the Rohingyas to Myanmar. Myanmar is a member of ASEAN, although its leadership was frozen out of […]Continue Reading

30 Rohingyas held in Cumilla while trying to cross over to India

October 6, 2022

NEWS DESK Thirty Rohingyas including children and women were detained last night (October 5, 2022) from Burichang upazila of Cumilla while trying to go India illegally. Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained them from Jaamtal area, adjacent to the Indian border, last night; our Cumilla correspondent reports quoting Maruf Rahman, officer-in-Charge of Burichang Continue Reading

Rohingya repatriation yet to take place as Myanmar govt lacks political will: PM Hasina

October 6, 2022

DESK REPORT The safe return of Rohingyas has not yet taken place because of a lack of political will on the part of the Myanmar government, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said. Bangladesh took bilateral, trilateral, and multilateral initiatives so that the Rohingyas could return to their home of origin with dignity and safety, she […]Continue Reading