Army distributes relief to flood-hit families in Khagrachhari

June 20, 2022

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, KHAGRACHHARI The army has distributed relief to the flood-affected families in Dighinala. On Monday (June 20, 2022) at noon, the Dighinala Army Zone distributed it to people at various shelter centres and among waterlogged families. The flood situation in Dighinala of Khagrachhari is deteriorating due to the continuous onrush of water from the […]Continue Reading

Rohingyas hold ‘go back home’ campaign, place 7-point demand

June 19, 2022

TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT Thousands of Rohingyas have held a ‘go back home’ campaign staging rallies at different camps of Cox’s Bazar. As part of the campaign, they staged a mass rally at Teknaf’s Shalbagan on Sunday, June 19, 2022. In Ukhiya, they conducted their campaign from 11 venues of 15 camps from 8am to 11:30am. Around […]Continue Reading

Rohingyas creating social problems in Bangladesh, PM tells Canadian envoy

June 19, 2022

NEWS DESK Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the Rohingyas are creating social problems in Bangladesh as many of them are engaged in drug and women trafficking. The Premier said this while newly appointed Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Lilly Nicholls called on her at her Sangsad Bhaban office. Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim […]Continue Reading

Deluge engulfs northeastern, northern Bangladesh

June 18, 2022

NEWS DESK Monsoon rains and gushing waters from upstream India overnight worsened Bangladesh flood situation with experts calling it the worst since 2004 while officials estimated the flooding to have marooned at least 6 million people. “Water now continued to surpass much above the danger lines in two of the country’s four major river basins […]Continue Reading

Automatic rifle among arms, ammo seized in Rohingya camps

June 18, 2022

NEWS DESK The Armed Police Battalion seized one United States-made assault rifle, a pistol and a cache of ammunition at Moynarghona Rohingya camp at Ukhia in Cox’s Bazar on Thursday night, June 16, 2022, and arrested two Rohingya men early Friday, June 17, 2022, in connection with the arms. The arrested are Mohammad Hossain, 30, […]Continue Reading

Peace Accord doesn’t disallow deploying police in abandoned army camps: Rangamati MP

June 17, 2022

DESK REPORT There is no mention in the Peace Accord that police cannot be deployed in the camps abandoned by the Army in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Rangamati MP Dipankar Talukdar has said. “Nevertheless, many people are saying that police deployment runs contrary to the Peace Accord and it violates the Peace Accord,” he told […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh engages with world on its own terms: Momen

June 16, 2022

NEWS DESK Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said Bangladesh engages with the world on its “own term” while Dhaka believes in partnerships with countries for mutual economic benefits. “We are no longer price takers. We engage with the world on our own terms,” he said on Thursday, June 16, 2022. The foreign minister […]Continue Reading

‘ARSA member’ shot dead at Rohingya camp

June 16, 2022

NEWS DESK Criminals shot dead a member of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army in Ukhiya’s Kutupalong camp on Wednesday night, said police. Md Selim, 30, a resident of B-3/2 block of the camp, was killed over establishing supremacy between two Rohingya gangs, according to police. Naimul Hoque, commander of Armed Police Battalion-14(APBn-14) in Cox’s Bazar, […]Continue Reading

Bandarban diarrhea death toll 10

June 16, 2022

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, BANDARBAN At least 10 people have died due to diarrhea in Bandarban, a hill district in Bangladesh, over the last six days. Of them, nine died in the hill district’s Thanchi upazila and the rest one in Alikadam. Civil Surgeon Dr Niharanjan Nandi confirmed the diarrhea death toll on Thursday, June 16, 2022. […]Continue Reading

Civil society for allowing Rohingyas to engage in meaningful work in camps

June 15, 2022

NEWS DESK Civil society members at a webinar have called for allowing Rohingyas to engage in meaningful work in Cox’s Bazar camps. A collective plan should also be devised in order to cope with the reduced foreign aid for the refugees, they told the webinar titled “Humanitarian Response to Forcefully Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMN)” organised […]Continue Reading