BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT After the Sonali Bank in Ruma Upazila was robbed, two more branches of the Sonali and Krishi Banks in Thanchi Upazila, Bandarban, fell victim to daylight robberies on Wednesday. Eyewitnesses say over a hundred armed individuals from the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), a separatist group, fired warning shots before storming the banks. They […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Md Mahfuzul Islam, superintendent of Police of Cox’s Bazar, has warned of strict action against the landlords who will rent houses to Rohingyas. Citing Rohingyas alleged involvement in adduction and drugs smuggling , the police official said the refugees are carrying out such activities by staying at rented houses. “Stop renting them houses. […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Members of the militant group Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) looted approximately Tk 1.5 crore from Sonali Bank’s branch in Ruma, Bandarban, in a brazen robbery that will surely ramp up tensions in the hills. The incident occurred during Taraweeh prayers. The robbers looted 14 weapons from the Ansar members guarding the bank and […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK The High Court on Tuesday asked the government to form a monitoring team so that none could cut hills in tourist-belt regions of Sajek Valley in Rangamati without permission from the Department of Environment. The High Court also directed the environment ministry secretary to investigate, by an officer not below the rank of […]Continue Reading
Iran’s consulate in the Syrian capital Damascus was flattened on Monday in what Syrian and Iranian media described as an Israeli air strike, a startling apparent escalation of conflict in the Middle East that would pit Israel against Iran and its allies, Reuters reports. A Lebanese security source, speaking to Reuters, said one of the […]Continue Reading
STAFF CORRESPONDENT Internal conflict in Myanmar sent shockwaves across the border to Bangladesh’s Saint Martin Island on Friday (March 29th). Residents reported hearing the deafening blasts of mortar shell explosions emanating from the village of Hashyurate, located south of Maungdaw Township in Rakhine State. The tremors of unease were further amplified by the Continue Reading
The World Court on Thursday unanimously ordered Israel, accused by South Africa of genocide in Gaza, to take all necessary and effective action to ensure basic food supplies to the enclave’s Palestinian population and halt spreading famine, Reuters reports. The order came as Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters battled in close combat around Gaza’s Al […]Continue Reading
HNILA CORRESPONDENT Ten kidnapped youths returned to Teknaf’s Whykong Union on Wednesday night after their families paid a ransom of Tk 190,000 to the abductors. The victims, all from the Raikhyang area, include two sons of Belal Hossain, Junaid (12) and Mohammad Nur (10); Shakil (15), son of Ledu Mia; Farid Alam (35); Akhtar (25); […]Continue Reading
Dozens of Rohingya refugees saved after their boat capsized off Indonesia’s westernmost coast last week have been forced from their temporary shelter due to local protests, a United Nations refugee agency official said on Wednesday, AFP reports. The mostly Muslim ethnic Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar, and thousands risk their lives each year on […]Continue Reading
India’s air force and state-invested companies are being urged to stop supplying Myanmar’s military with the fuel, equipment and technical assistance it needs to more effectively commit atrocities and war crimes, The Irrawaddy reports. “The Indian government and its PSUs must stop equipping the Myanmar military with weapons and related materials, which enable its Continue Reading