CA press wing debunks Indian newspaper’s report about Bangladesh

March 2, 2025

Indian newspaper The Tribune report headlined ‘ISI, Bangladesh operatives teaming up to revive ULFA camps near Assam border’ was a fake one, the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing has said. The Tribune newspaper in New Delhi has run the front-page story claiming that ISI and Bangladesh operatives are teaming up to revive ULFA camps. “As with […]Continue Reading

‘Yunus has long way to go to resolve impasse’: Amartya Sen

March 2, 2025

NEWS DESK Expressing concerns over the ongoing situation in Bangladesh, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said his friend Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser of the interim government, is taking significant steps but has a long road ahead to resolve the impasse, the PTI reports. In an interview with the PTI at his Santiniketan home in India’s West […]Continue Reading

India’s Amit Shah for deporting Bangladeshis, Rohingyas from Delhi

March 1, 2025

Union home minister of India Amit Shah on Friday instructed the top brass of the Delhi police to have a clear and swift legal approach while dealing with unauthorised migrants, including Bangladeshis and Rohingyas, in New Delhi city, reported NDTV. ‘At present, an audit is being done in colonies which have a major chunk of […]Continue Reading

One injured in landmine explosion at Naikhongchhari border

March 1, 2025

NAIKHONGCHHARI CORRESPONDENT A Bangladeshi national was injured on Saturday in a landmine explosion at the zero point of the Nikochhari border in Naikhongchhari upazila, Bandarban district. The injured individual, identified as Nurunnabi, 48, is a member of the Ansar-VDP. The explosion occurred around 5:00pm in Myanmar territory, south of Pillar 42, near the border area Continue Reading

Four arrested over Lama village arson, including three Christians

December 26, 2024

LAMA CORRESPONDENT Police have arrested four individuals, including three men from the Christian Tripura community and a Bengali worker, in connection with an arson attack in Tongjiri village under Lama upazila in Bandarban, police said on Thursday. The suspects, identified as Stephen Tripura (50), Masainia Tripura (44), Joachim Tripura (52), and Ibrahim (65), a worker Continue Reading

Army chief visits Cox’s Bazar

November 18, 2024

NEWS DESK Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman visited 10 Infantry Division and Cox’s Bazar area on 17 and 18 November. During the visit, he laid the foundation stone of two residential buildings – ‘Senaneer’ and ‘Swapnachura’ – to be built in the Ramu Cantonment. These will help resolve the accommodation problem of Junior Commissioned […]Continue Reading

81 Rohingyas held at Bandarban Border for intrusion

November 11, 2024

NEWS DESK Law enforcers have detained 81 Rohingya individuals while attempting to trespass into Bangladesh through Alikadam-Myanmar border in Bandarban. The detentions took place on Monday morning in various areas of Kurukpata union’s Poa Muhuri border. Among the detained, there are 31 children and 50 adult men and women. Local sources reported that due to […]Continue Reading

Ten armed men killed in India’s Manipur after firefight with security forces

November 11, 2024

Ten armed men were killed in a gunfight with security forces in India’s remote northeastern state of Manipur on Monday, officials said, after they allegedly tried to attack a police station, Reuters reports. Sporadic violence had rocked Manipur since last year when the majority Meitei community and the tribal Kukis clashed after a court ordered […]Continue Reading

Arakan Army targets Myanmar Junta’s Rakhine power hub

November 10, 2024

Fighting between Myanmar’s junta and the Arakan Army (AA) has been reported in Maungdaw, Gwa, Taungup and Ann townships in Rakhine State, The Irrawaddy reports. In Ann and Gwa, the AA said it seized two battalion headquarters and two outposts on Wednesday. The Tai Kyoe and Pagan Taung outposts in Gwa fell after a day […]Continue Reading

Fresh Rohingya influx puts enormous pressure on govt bodies

November 10, 2024

NEWS DESK The prolonged ongoing Rohingya crisis has worsened with a new wave of influx, creating enormous pressure on the local administration and key government agencies for adopting feasible measures. This was stated in a consultation meeting with the presence of foreign secretary Md. Jashim Uddin, who is also the Chair of the National Task […]Continue Reading