Srabasti Roy first ethnic woman DC from CHT

May 20, 2022

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, RANGAMATI Srabasti Roy is the first ethnic woman from Chittagong Hill Tracts to be appointed as a deputy commissioner in the country. Several male officers from CHT’s ethnic communities had earlier been appointed as DCs, but it’s the first time an ethnic woman from there has been appointed to this position. Ms Roy […]Continue Reading

33 Malaysia-bound Rohingyas held from St. Martin’s Island

May 19, 2022

TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT Navy personnel have detained 33 Rohingya refugees – 12 women, 20 men and one child – two nautical miles northwest of St. Martin’s Island in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf as they were illegally trying to go to Malaysia around midnight on Thursday (May 19). They all live in different camps in Ukhia and Teknaf. […]Continue Reading

10 drug traffickers held with 3 lakh yaba tablets in Chhera Dwip

May 19, 2022

TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT Navy personnel arrested 10 drug traffickers in possession of 310,000 pieces of yaba tablets at Chhera Dwip in St. Martin’s Island in the Bay of Bengal on Thursday morning (May 19). The arrested were Shahjalal, Elias, Kalamia, Md Rafiq, Mohammad Rahim, Rabiul Islam, Mohammad Ibrahim, Abu Bakkar, Jasim Uddin, Rafiq Uddin. Acting on […]Continue Reading

Rohingya youth held with crystal meth worth Tk 53m in Teknaf

May 19, 2022

TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT The Border Guard Bangladesh or BGB has arrested a Rohingya youth in possession of 1.06kg of crystal meth worth Tk 53 million in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf. The arrested was identified as Shahidul Islam, son of late Ibrahim, living in B-block of Camp No. 26 in Teknaf’s Jadimora. The drugs were seized in a […]Continue Reading

BSF Personnel Injured In Cattle-Smugglers’ Attack Along India-Bangladesh Border

May 18, 2022

News Desk A Border Security Force (BSF) personnel sustained severe injuries in an attack by a bunch of livestock smugglers along the India-Bangladesh Border in Assam’s South Salmara-Mankachar region on Tuesday, Northeast Today reports. The injured jawan have been identified as – Dinesh Chandra Yadav of 45th Battalion BSF. The event occurred along the Kalo […]Continue Reading

PM urges for promoting Cox’s Bazar tourism without damaging natural beauty

May 18, 2022

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged all not to build indiscriminate establishments in Cox’s Bazar, saying her government is implementing projects to ensure its overall development maintaining natural beauty to make it a major global tourist destination. “It is solely needed to build Cox’s Bazar as a global tourist city. So, I request all particularly the Continue Reading

Myanmar’s Civilian Government Holds Talks With Arakan Army

May 17, 2022

News Desk: In an attempt to engage with armed groups which can help topple Myanmar’s military regime, the civilian National Unity Government (NUG) said it held an online meeting with Rakhine State’s Arakan Army (AA), The Irrawaddy reports. The shadow government’s Alliance Relations Committee, its foreign minister Daw Zin Mar Aung and prominent ’88 Generation […]Continue Reading

Rohingyas entering Bangladesh in groups from India: Foreign minister

May 17, 2022

NEWS DESK: Rohingya refugees are entering Bangladesh in groups from India, Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen has said. “They are coming here in order to get better meals. It’s a concern for us. Security will be enhanced on the border to prevent them from entering here,” he told reporters at the ministry on Tuesday […]Continue Reading

Pakistan says it foiled suspected suicide attack against Chinese nationals

May 16, 2022

Pakistani police arrested a would-be suicide bomber who planned to blow herself up near a convoy of Chinese nationals along the China Pakistan Economic-Corridor (CPEC), a police statement said, Reuters reports. Monday’s arrest came two weeks after a woman suicide bomber blew herself up on a university campus in the southern port city of Karachi, […]Continue Reading

Man held for raping mentally handicapped ethnic woman in Bandarban

May 16, 2022

Staff Correspondent. Bandarban Police have arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly raping a mentally handicapped Tripura woman in Bandarban. The arrested Farhad Chowdhury hails from Lemujhiri of Ward No 7 under Bandarban Sadar Union Parishad. He was arrested from Saw Mill area around 7pm on Monday (May 18) while on the way home from the […]Continue Reading