Another Bangladeshi loses leg in landmine blast along Myanmar border

October 5, 2022

NEWS DESK A second Bangladeshi man in less than 3 weeks has lost a leg in a landmine explosion near the border with Myanmar along Naikhongchhari of Bandarban. The injured was identified as Abdul Kader, 27, a resident of Chherakum area in Dochhari union under the upazila. Several organs of his body including his eyes […]Continue Reading

Rohingya boat capsize: Case filed, 6 arrested

October 5, 2022

NEWS DESK Police have filed a case over the boat capsize in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar while it was illegally crossing the sea to Malaysia. Six people have been arrested in the case, our Cox’s Bazar staff correspondent reports quoting Teknaf Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Hafizur Rahman. Sub-Inspector (SI) of Baharchhara Police […]Continue Reading

29 Malaysia-bound Rohingyas, four agents held in Cox’s Bazar

October 4, 2022

TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT Bangladesh Coast Guard have arrested 29 Rohingyas, including three women, and four daalals ( and trawler sailors and agents of human traffickers) from Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar while illegally going to Malaysia. They were arrested from Baharchhara Holbania Ghat area of Teknaf on Tuesday morning (Oct 4, 2022), said Commander of the Coast […]Continue Reading

Rohingya child shot dead in Cox’s Bazar camp

October 4, 2022

NEWS DESK A Rohingya girl was killed and another injured by a group of unidentified miscreants in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya camp. The incident took place in Block H-52 of Balukhali Camp no 18 early Tuesday (Oct 04, 2022). The deceased was identified as Tasfia, 8, daughter of Md Yasin, a member of the volunteer team […]Continue Reading

The Rohingya trailer released

October 3, 2022

NEWS DESK The trailer of National Film Award-winning filmmaker Syed Wahiduzzaman Diamond directed upcoming feature film The Rohingya was released on Friday (Sept 30, 2022). The trailer launching ceremony of The Rohingya has held on Bangladesh Film Development Corporation premises on Friday evening. The film’s director, cast and crew members were present at the event. […]Continue Reading

Coast Guard on high alert near border to prevent Rohingya infiltration

October 3, 2022

NEWS DESK Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) has taken the highest alert position at the Teknaf border to prevent the entry of Rohingyas fleeing Myanmar. Considering the recent incidents along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, the members of the Coast Guard are working relentlessly to avert any untoward situation, BCG said in a statement on Sunday (Oct 2, […]Continue Reading

Mine explosion inside Myanmar kills Rohingya teen, wounds another

October 3, 2022

NEWS DESK A Rohingya teen was killed and another critically injured in a landmine explosion inside Myanmar along the country’s border with Bangladesh early Sunday (Oct 2, 2022). The deceased was identified as Omar Farooq,16, of Zero Point Rohingya Camp, known as the camp that is closest to the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, in no man’s land. The […]Continue Reading

Five farmers abducted in Teknaf; three rescued

September 30, 2022

TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT, COX’S BAZAR Five farmers were abducted in Pankhali and Marichaghona areas of Hnila union of Teknaf upazila in the early hours of Thursday (September 29, 2022). Three of them have been rescued, while the rest two – identified as Nazir Ahmed, son of late Ula Mia, and his son Mohammad Hossain of Pankhali […]Continue Reading

Police dismiss Rohingya youth’s viral video on refugee murders

September 30, 2022

NEWS DESK Armed Police Battalion officials have dismissed a video of an armed Rohingya youth, who claimed to have killed four Rohingya leaders in the Ukhia camps in Cox’s Bazar. A video went viral from two Facebook profiles where a youth, Mohammad Hashim, who was seen holding a pistol, claimed that he was involved in […]Continue Reading

Conditions in Myanmar don’t allow for safe return of Rohingyas: US

September 29, 2022

NEWS DESK US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas has said conditions in Myanmar, especially after recent incidents, “unfortunately do not allow” for a safe, voluntary, dignified or sustainable return of the Rohingyas to their place of origin in Rakhine State. “Sadly, it does not look like they will any time soon,” he said while speaking […]Continue Reading