NEWS DESK Noting global efforts that continue, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday said global leaders must come together to ensure the safe, sustainable and dignified repatriation of the Rohingya people to their homes in Myanmar. “The protracted crisis in Myanmar continues to threaten regional stability,” he said while speaking at the opening session Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Tuesday said Qatar would take 725 soldiers from Bangladesh as Bangladesh is exploring diverse areas for further strengthening the relations with the gas-rich Gulf kingdom. Talking on the sidelines of the Erthana Summit-2025, Alam said Bangladesh can send the soldiers by next two months. He said […]Continue Reading
Myanmar’s armed rebel group, the Arakan Army, crossed nearly 10 kilometres into Bangladesh’s Bandarban district and organised a water festival, raising concerns over sovereignty and national security. The two-day event, held on April 16–17 in the Remakri Mukh area of Thanchi upazila, reportedly featured armed Arakan Army members performing in uniform, while local political Continue Reading
ALIKADAM CORRESPONDENT An orphaned student from Bandarban’s remote Alikadam upazila is among five University of Chittagong students reportedly abducted in Khagrachhari, local authorities confirmed. Langngi Mro, a second-year zoology student of the 2023–24 academic session, was identified as one of the victims. The others are Maitri Moy Chakma (Fine Arts), Rishon Chakma Continue Reading
PARBATTA NEWS DESK The United States has reissued its travel advisory for Bangladesh, strongly cautioning its citizens against visiting the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), citing persistent risks of communal violence, crime, terrorism, and kidnapping. The Level 4 “Do Not Travel” warning applies specifically to the districts of Khagrachhari, Rangamati, and Bandarban. The Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said their party wants the national election by December this year. “If national elections are not held by December, the situation in the country will worsen and it will be very difficult to control the situation,” he told reporters after holding […]Continue Reading