Hamas under pressure as Trump issues deadline on Gaza peace plan

September 30, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump gave Hamas three to four days on Tuesday to accept a U.S.-backed peace plan for Gaza, warning of “a very sad end” if the group rejected the proposal that he said was close to ending the two-year-old conflict, Reuters reports. Mediators Qatar and Egypt shared the 20-point plan with Hamas late […]Continue Reading

No evidence of rape found in medical report of Khagrachhari schoolgirl

September 30, 2025

PARBATTANEWS DESK The medical report of the Marma schoolgirl from Khagrachhari’s Singinala area has found no evidence of rape or gang rape. The three-member medical board of Khagrachhari Sadar Hospital confirmed the matter in a report signed on 28 September. The eighth-grader, aged around 12, was admitted to the hospital on the night of 23 […]Continue Reading

Five-member probe committee formed over Khagrachari violence

September 30, 2025

NEWS DESK A five-member committee has been formed to investigate the clashes that erupted in Khagrachari on Sunday, resulting in the deaths of three people, injuries to several others, and the destruction of shops and homes. Khagrachari deputy commissioner ABM Iftekharul Islam Khandaker shared the update during a relief distribution programme at Ramsu Bazar on […]Continue Reading

There’s no anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh, CA tells Zeteo

September 30, 2025

NEWS DESK Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has binned the allegations of persecutions on Hindu minority in Bangladesh under the interim government. “There is no anti-Hindu violence,” Professor Yunus said in an interview with journalist Mehdi Hasan for Zeteo, conducted on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. Dismissing Continue Reading

India ‘trying to seize CHT’, says Hannan Masud

September 29, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK India is playing its “final trump card” over Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts, or CHT, and is trying to make it unstable, an NCP leader has claimed. Abdul Hannan Masud, senior joint chief coordinator of the National Citizens Party (NCP), alleged that a “fake rape” case had been used to pit the hill […]Continue Reading

Trump optimistic on Gaza peace deal; Hamas says it lost contact with two hostages in Gaza City

September 29, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump hopes to finalize a Gaza peace plan proposal in a meeting on Monday with Israel’s Prime Minister, Trump told Reuters on Sunday, as Israeli tanks pushed deeper into Gaza City and the military wing of Hamas said it had lost contact with two hostages held there. The fate of the two […]Continue Reading

Army issues statement on communal violence in Khagrachhari

September 29, 2025

NEWS DESK The Army on Sunday night issued an official statement in response to the recent violence in Guimara upazila of Khagrachhari, which occurred on September 27 and 28. According to the statement, tensions began escalating following the murder of motorcyclist Mamun on September 19, 2024. In the aftermath, the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) […]Continue Reading

CHT Adviser insists on unity amid tensions in Khagrachari

September 28, 2025

NEWS DESK Amid growing tensions following the recent rape of a schoolgirl in Khagrachari, Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Affairs Adviser Supradip Chakma has called on both hill communities and Bengali residents to unite in addressing the evolving situation. He made the call during a special law and order meeting held at the Khagrachari District Administration’s […]Continue Reading

Home Ministry condoles Khagrachhari killings, vows justice

September 28, 2025

NEWS DESK The Home Ministry has expressed deep sorrow over the killing of three hilly people in an armed attack by miscreants in Guimara upazila of Khagrachhari district on Sunday. In a statement issued on Sunday evening, the ministry also conveyed sympathy over the injuries sustained by an army major, 13 army personnel, the officer-in-charge […]Continue Reading

3 killed in Khagrachhari attacks, tensions escalate in hills

September 28, 2025

NEWS DESK At least three people were killed and several others injured in an armed attack by miscreants in Guimara upazila of Khagrachhari district on Sunday. The identities of the deceased could not be confirmed immediately. In an official statement issued Sunday evening, the Ministry of Home Affairs expressed deep sorrow over the killings and […]Continue Reading