UKHIA CORRESPONDENT Members of Myanmar’s Arakan Army kidnapped 10 Bangladeshi fishermen during a fishing expedition in the Naf River near the Palongkhali border in Ukhia, local officials confirmed Wednesday. The abduction occurred early Wednesday morning as the fishermen were in the Naf River, according to M. Gofur Uddin Chowdhury, the chairman of the Palongkhali Union. Continue Reading

DESK RPEORT European Union and Western European nations are backing Bangladesh’s efforts to repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud reported during a parliamentary session on Thursday. Answering a question from Abdullah Nahid Nigar, an independent member of parliament, during the session’s question and answer period, Mahmud Continue Reading

NEWS DESK Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has called upon the UK government to collaborate with Bangladesh to establish a peaceful and conflict-free world and to put an end to the ongoing wars in Gaza and Ukraine. He made the call while speaking as the guest of honour at a high-profile diplomatic reception hosted by […]Continue Reading

NEWS DESK As the ongoing tense situation in Maynamr, bordering Bangladesh’s Bandarban and Cox’s Bazar, is likely to worse next month, the Arakan Army could try to destabilise the Chittagong Hill Tracts area by taking advantage of its affinity with local ethnic communities, the Jatiya Sangsad standing committee on home ministry observed. Such apprehension was […]Continue Reading