STAFF REPORTER China has commended Bangladesh’s interest in joining BRICS and has pledged active support from Beijing. In a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this assurance came during the 13th round of bilateral political consultations between Bangladesh and China held in Beijing on Monday. BRICS is an intergovernmental organisation comprising Brazil, Continue Reading
STAFF REPORTER As Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina prepares for a pivotal visit to China in July, in broader geopolitical terms, Bangladesh is eager to find common ground between its national interests and those of China to ensure the success of the Prime Minister’s visit, according to sources within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As a […]Continue Reading
STAFF CORRESPONDENT, KHAGRACHHARI Barun Bikash Chakma, a supporter of the UPDF Prasit Group, was shot and killed by rival gunmen in the Logang’s Hatimara area of Panchhari, Khagrachhari, on Saturday night. Angya Marma, the Khagrachhari district organizer for the UPDF Prasit Group, said that around 9pm, 3-4 armed assailants broke into Chakma’s home and shot […]Continue Reading
STAFF REPORTER, RANGAMATI The United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF Prasit Group) lifted its blockade in Bagaichhari Upazila, Rangamati, after the Upazila Parishad election was postponed. The announcement came in a press release signed by Satchal Chakma, chief of the UPDF Rangamati unit, on Saturday afternoon. The press release warned that future occupation of Continue Reading
STAFF CORRESPONDENT, RANGAMATI The Election Commission has postponed the Upazila Parishad election in Bagaichhari, Rangamati, due to concerns over deteriorating law and order and adverse weather conditions. Mohammad Monir Hossain, the Senior Election Officer of Rangamati, confirmed the postponement on Saturday. Hossain stated that adverse weather conditions had prevented Continue Reading
Fighting has intensified along Rakhine State’s border with Bangladesh in southern Maungdaw Township as the Arakan Army (AA) attacks border guard police positions to seize the entire township in the state’s northwest, residents of the township say, The Irrawaddy reports. They said the ethnic army is targeting border guard police positions in the township’s south […]Continue Reading
KAPTAI CORRESPONDENT The 10 RE Battalion, under the Rangamati Army Region, has donated solar batteries to the Balukhali Bottala Primary School. Following the direction of the Army Chief, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Sohel PSC, commander of the 10 RE Battalion, oversaw the donation on Friday morning. Captain Richard Mondal, commander of the Gobagona Army Camp, presented […]Continue Reading
STAFF CORRESPONDENT Police have arrested nine Chakma workers and one Bengali for allegedly kidnapping Chaihla Marma, 22, an employee at the Meghna Fresh Economic Zone in Narayanganj. The abduction took place on Wednesday night in the Tiprdi area. Authorities rescued Marma from the Goaldi area of Sonargaon Municipality on Thursday night. The suspects are: Jakmon […]Continue Reading
STAFF CORRESPONDENT, RANGAMATI The United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) has announced a dawn-to-dusk strike in Baghaichhari on Saturday, demanding a fair election and protesting threats against agents of a chairman candidate and a female vice-chairman candidate in the upcoming Baghaichhari Upazila Parishad election. The announcement was made on Friday night in a Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the government will not allow new structures in the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar that ultimately caused ecological imbalance. “It would not be wise (decision) to allow new structure in Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar as environmental and ecological imbalance has already poised there due to […]Continue Reading