135 Malaysia-bound Rohingya held from Cox’s Bazar

March 22, 2022

News Desk Police have detained 135 Rohingya refugees, including 51 women and 15 children, from Sonadia Island of Cox’s Bazar’s Maheshkhali. They were promised to be taken to Malaysia on a trawler but the human traffickers left them there and fled yesterday, said Rafikul Islam, additional superintendent of Cox’s Bazar police. The Rohingya refugees had […]Continue Reading

China, Pakistan share concern about sanctions on Russia, China says

March 22, 2022

Reuters China and Pakistan share concern about “spill-over effects of unilateral sanctions” on Russia over its war against Ukraine and called for a ceasefire and diplomatic resolution of the crisis, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Tuesday. Old allies China and Pakistan have refrained from condemning Russia over its Feb 24 invasion of Ukraine, unlike […]Continue Reading

Kremlin critic Navalny given new nine-year sentence, lawyers arrested

March 22, 2022

Reuters Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was sentenced to nine years in prison after a Russian court found him guilty of large-scale fraud and contempt of court on Tuesday, and police detained both of his lawyers immediately after the hearing. Navalny was already serving a two-and-a-half sentence at a prison camp east of Moscow for […]Continue Reading

Hundreds of children detained by the Myanmar military, minister says

March 22, 2022

NEWS DESK Hundreds of children have been detained by the Myanmar military since it seized power more than one year ago, with many held ransom by soldiers and police who are seeking to arrest their relatives, according to a minister of the country’s National Unity Government, The Guardian reports. Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe, minister […]Continue Reading

ASEAN peace envoy meets Myanmar junta on visit opponents deride as ‘shameful’

March 22, 2022

Reuters A Southeast Asian peace envoy met Myanmar’s military rulers on Monday on his first trip to the crisis-hit country, a visit opposition groups denounced for showing deference to the leaders of last year’s coup and disdain for the will of the people. Prak Sokhonn, special envoy for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), […]Continue Reading

Integrated Check Posts run into rough weather in India’s West Bengal as land acquisition drags on

March 22, 2022

NEWS DESK Work on at least seven Integrated Check Posts (ICP) has not kickstarted in India’s West Bengal, as the land has not been acquired till date. This could be a fresh bone of contention between the centre and the state government, India Today reports. The issue was revealed by the home ministry in Lok […]Continue Reading

Chinese drone found near India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal

March 21, 2022

News Desk A China-made drone has reportedly been found along the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal’s North 24 Pargana district, India Today reports. According to the Border Security Force, at around 6 am on Saturday morning, a farmer named Pankaj Sarkar saw a broken drone lying in the field located in Purbapara village. The farmer’s […]Continue Reading

US formally declares Myanmar army committed genocide against Rohingya

March 21, 2022

Reuters The United States formally determined that Myanmar’s army committed genocide and crimes against humanity in its violence against the Rohingya minority, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday, warning that as long as the junta was in power nobody in the country would be safe. Announcing the decision, which was first reported […]Continue Reading

Violence marks UPDF’s road blockade in Khagrachhari

March 21, 2022

Staff Correspondent, Khagrachhari The United People’s Democratic Front or UPDF (Prasit) has perpetrated acts of violence in the name of a half-day blockade in Khagrachari. They set fire to one motorcycle and one CNG autorickshaw and vandalised one bamboo-laden truck during the blockade until 12 noon from 6am on Monday. As well as setting afire […]Continue Reading

Four days on, no arrests in case of Joy Tripura murder

March 21, 2022

Staff Correspondent, Rangamati Four days on, police have failed to make any arrest in the case of the murder of local Chhatra League leader Joy Tripura in Rangamati. Families and fellows of the Chhatra League leader have expressed frustration at the delay. Former and current local Chhatra League leaders blame the murder on a regional […]Continue Reading