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ADB, Bangladesh sign $120m loan agreement for CHT dev

October 6, 2023

NEWS DESK The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Bangladesh on Wednesday signed a loan agreement for $120 million to improve access to basic services and climate resilience of remote and rural communities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh. Economic Relations Division Secretary Sharifa Khan and ADB Country Director for Bangladesh […]Continue Reading

Myanmar’s cash-strapped junta hikes taxes, utilities despite surging inflation

October 2, 2023

Myanmar’s cash-starved military regime is again preying on householders and businesses in a desperate bid to prop up its coffers, The Irrawaddy reports. In its latest moves, the regime has increased utility bills while announcing that license fees for jade and gems dealers will be hiked sixfold next year. The state-owned Myanmar Gems Enterprise issued […]Continue Reading

Arsa chief’s aide confesses to group’s anarchy plot in Bangladesh

October 2, 2023

TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT Arkan Salvation Army (Arsa) Chief Ataullah Jununi aimed to create unrest in Bangladesh, his aide Ershad Noman Chowdhury was quoted by the RAB as confessing. In a press conference, the Captain of Cox’s Bazar RAB-15, Colonel H M Sajjad Hossain, disclosed that Chowdhury shared this information during his preliminary interrogation, following his Continue Reading

Arakan Army searches Western Myanmar for Muslim ‘criminal gangs’

September 30, 2023

The ethnic Rakhine armed group, the Arakan Army (AA), has been searching Muslim villages near the Bangladesh border in Rakhine State, searching for Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) alleged criminals, The Irrawaddy reports. Large numbers of AA troops have been searching at least nine Muslim villages in northern Buthidaung Township since last week, said residents. […]Continue Reading

We are doing our best for Rohingyas: PM Hasina

September 30, 2023

NEWS DESK rime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said although Bangladesh has a large population in a small territory, it has sheltered Rohingyas on humanitarian ground. “We are discussing with Myanmar over the Rohingya issue and trying to convince them that they (Rohingyas) are their citizens, they should be taken back to their homeland,” Prime Minister […]Continue Reading

UK, Canada, Taiwan criticise Myanmar as generals unleash ‘corrective purge’

September 30, 2023

The United Kingdom and Canada have joined the United States in condemning plans by Myanmar’s coup leaders to hold tightly controlled elections, as Taiwan voiced strong criticism of the regime’s atrocities and crackdown on its opponents, Al Jazeera reports. Their condemnation is an indication of the hardening divisions between China and Russia on one side, […]Continue Reading

Two Rohingyas arrested at Savar for Yaba trading impersonating transgender

September 30, 2023

NEWS DESK Two Rohingya youths were arrested while selling yaba pills in disguise of transgender people in the Dhaka’s Savar area on Friday morning. The arrested are Rafique and Mamunur. They used to pass as Kajal hirja and Pori Moni hijra respectively, said RAB officials. A team of RAB 4 arrested the two with 10,300 […]Continue Reading

US seeks sustained pressure on Myanmar to end Rohingya crisis

September 30, 2023

NEWS DESK US Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya has called on the international community to maintain pressure on Myanmar’s military regime to end the Rohingya crisis and create the conditions for their voluntary, safe, dignified, and sustainable repatriation in the future. “We have a shared responsibility to work together Continue Reading

UN: Myanmar military ups airstrikes, mass killings to subjugate population

September 26, 2023

NEWS DESK Volker Türk, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, is calling for international action to bring an end to the increasingly brutal, repressive regime of Myanmar’s military, which toppled the country’s democratically elected government February 1, 2021, VOA reports. In a report submitted Tuesday to the U.N. Human Rights Council, the U.N. rights […]Continue Reading

UN Safety and Security Assistant Secretary visits Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar

September 26, 2023

PARBATTA NEWS DESK The United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Safety and Security, Unaisi Lutu Vuniwaqa, visited the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on Tuesday. Vuniwaqa visited Kutupalong No. 2 refugee camp in Ukhia Upazila, Balukhali No. 8 refugee camp and extended part of No. 20 refugee camp, where she spoke to Rohingya refugees […]Continue Reading

ADB, Bangladesh sign $120m loan agreement for CHT dev

Myanmar’s cash-strapped junta hikes taxes, utilities despite surging inflation

Arsa chief’s aide confesses to group’s anarchy plot in Bangladesh

Arakan Army searches Western Myanmar for Muslim ‘criminal gangs’

We are doing our best for Rohingyas: PM Hasina

UK, Canada, Taiwan criticise Myanmar as generals unleash ‘corrective purge’

Two Rohingyas arrested at Savar for Yaba trading impersonating transgender

US seeks sustained pressure on Myanmar to end Rohingya crisis

UN: Myanmar military ups airstrikes, mass killings to subjugate population

UN Safety and Security Assistant Secretary visits Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar

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