Indian media spreading false propaganda against Bangladesh Army: ISPR

March 12, 2025

NEWS DESK The Inter-Services Public Relations, the Army’s internal intelligence agency, has dismissed reports published in Indian media about unrest in the Bangladesh Army are ‘false and planned.’ In a statement on Tuesday, ISPR stated that Indian media outlets, notably The Economic Times and India Today, recently published baseless and fabricated reports about the Continue Reading

JSS leader KS Mong’s son leads attack on police at Shahbagh

March 12, 2025

STAFF REPORTER Aung Aung Mong, son of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (JSS) leader KS Mong, allegedly led an attack on police in Dhaka’s Shahbagh on Tuesday. Police filed a case at Ramna Police Station, naming 12 individuals, including Aung Aung Marma as the prime accused, for attacking officers near Hotel InterContinental during an anti-rape […]Continue Reading

Army seizes ammunition, devices from UPDF hideout in Rangamati

March 7, 2025

NEWS DESK The Bangladesh Army seized ammunition, communication devices, and other equipment from a hideout of the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) (Main) in Rangamati’s Kaukhali, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Friday. The operation, conducted early in the morning based on intelligence, targeted a regional armed group linked to UPDF (Main), Continue Reading

UN to slash rations to Rohingya refugees by half to $6 per month, official says

March 5, 2025

NEWS DESK The United Nations will cut food rations to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh from $12.50 to $6 per month next month after failing to find funds, an official said, raising fears among aid workers of rising hunger in the world’s largest refugee settlement, Reuters reports. “Yesterday, I was informed verbally, and today I received […]Continue Reading

Bengali women in CHT gain access to midwifery diploma following policy change

March 5, 2025

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, KHAGRACHHARI Bengali women in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) are now eligible to apply for a three-year midwifery diploma after a change in admission criteria. The move follows a report by Parbatta News, which raised concerns about ethnic bias against Bengali communities. A notice issued on March 2 had limited the United Nations […]Continue Reading

Japan, Unicef sign $3.3M deal to strengthen assistance for Rohingya children

March 4, 2025

NEWS DESK The government of Japan has allocated approximately $3.3 million to support Unicef’s response to the humanitarian needs of Rohingya refugees. Through this grant, 65,000 Rohingya refugees, 41,000 of them children, will reach Bangladesh, providing them access to education, WASH, health and nutrition support in Cox’s Bazar district and Bhasan Char, said the Embassy Continue Reading

300 ethnic minority women to get free midwifery training in CHT; Bengalis decry exclusion 

March 4, 2025

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, KHAGRACHHARI A UN-funded initiative to train 300 ethnic minority women as midwives in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) has sparked controversy, with Bengali residents alleging systemic exclusion. The UN Population Fund (UNFPA)-funded three-year Diploma in Midwifery aims to reduce maternal and child mortality in the CHT districts of Khagrachhari, Continue Reading

Abrar Fahad deserves Swadhinata Padak in liberation war category: Farooki

March 3, 2025

NEWS DESK Cultural Affairs Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has said Abrar Fahad should get the Swadhinata Padak in the Liberation War category. Farooki, in a personal post on Facebook on Monday evening, shared his perspective on the category in which Abrar Fahad should receive the award. He added that this year’s Independence Award will be […]Continue Reading

Abrar Fahad to be awarded Swadhinata Padak posthumously

March 3, 2025

NEWS DESK Abrar Fahad, a student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) who was brutally killed in 2019 by members of the banned organisation Chhatra League, will be posthumously awarded the Swadhinata Padak 2024 (Independence Award), Bangladesh’s highest civilian honour. The recognition honours his courage in standing against injustice and his Continue Reading

EU announces €68m in aid for Rohingyas

March 3, 2025

NEWS DESK EU Commissioner Hadja Lahbib has said the European Union is providing €68 million this year for the Rohingya response, including host communities in Bangladesh and for the Myanmar conflict, notably for the people caught in violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. The EU commissioner for equality, preparedness and crisis management made the announcement as […]Continue Reading