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150,000 Rohingya fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh in 18 months: UN

July 14, 2025

Bangladesh has over the past 18 months registered the biggest influx of Rohingya refugees since the mass exodus of Myanmar’s largely Muslim minority nearly a decade ago, the United Nations said Friday, AFP reports. The UN refugee agency said up to 150,000 Rohingya had arrived in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar refugee camps since early 2024. “Targeted […]Continue Reading

3 top ULFA-I leaders ‘killed’ in Myanmar, Indian Army denies role as insurgent group alleges involvement

July 14, 2025

Three top leaders of banned insurgent group United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) were “killed” in Myanmar, following what it claimed were “drone attacks” by the Indian Army, a charge flatly denied by the forces, The Print reports. The banned group, headed by Paresh Baruah, issued multiple statements Sunday, as reported by news agency PTI, […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh election date still unclear, says CEC

July 14, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Bangladesh’s Chief Election Commissioner A M M Nasir Uddin says the date for the next national election has not yet been decided. In an interview with BBC Bangla, he said it was difficult to confirm when the vote would take place, as the Election Commission has not been formally informed of a […]Continue Reading

Calcutta High Court seeks report on deportation of six Bengali-speaking Indians to Bangladesh

July 12, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered India’s Ministry of Home Affairs to submit a report on the recent deportation of six people—including an eight-year-old boy and other family members—to Bangladesh by the Delhi Police, The Times of India reported. The court gave the central ministry until Wednesday to respond and also […]Continue Reading

WHO sends Saima Wazed on indefinite leave amid corruption allegations

July 12, 2025

Saima Wazed, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) regional director for the South East Asia Regional Office (SEARO), has been sent on indefinite leave from Friday (11 July). The WHO took the decision four months after Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed two cases against her for fraud, forgery and misuse of power, according to a report […]Continue Reading

Publish July Declaration by Aug 3 or face movement, Nahid warns govt

July 11, 2025

NEWS DESK The National Citizen Party (NCP) has warned of a movement if the government does not release the “July Declaration” and “July Charter” by 3 August. “We want to see both documents published by that date. If not, we’ll take to the streets with students and the public,” said NCP convenor Nahid Islam at […]Continue Reading

Armed men kidnap, kill nine bus passengers in Pakistan, say officials

July 11, 2025

Armed men killed nine bus passengers after kidnapping them in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, officials said on Friday, Reuters reports. The passengers had been kidnapped from multiple buses on Thursday evening, said the provincial government spokesman Shahid Rind. Their bodies with bullet wounds were found in mountains overnight, another government Continue Reading

China, Canada pledge deeper trade ties, continued Rohingya support

July 11, 2025

NEWS DESK China and Canada have expressed their commitment to strengthening trade, investment, and humanitarian cooperation with Bangladesh while assuring continued support to address the protracted Rohingya crisis. The assurances came during separate meetings between Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain and the Foreign Ministers of China and Canada on the sidelines Continue Reading

Hasina ordered lethal crackdown, leaked audio verified by BBC shows

July 9, 2025

A deadly crackdown on student-led protests in Bangladesh last year was authorised by then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, according to audio of one of her phone calls verified by BBC Eye, the investigative unit of the BBC World Service, BBC reports. In the audio, which was leaked online in March, Hasina says she authorised her […]Continue Reading

Followup: KNA commander killed in Bandarban had sent family to Mizoram, trained in India

July 9, 2025

RUMA CORRESPONDENT, BANDARBAN A top commander of the Kuki-Chin National Army (KNA), who was killed in a gunfight with the army in Bandarban last week, had earlier moved his family to India’s Mizoram and received armed training in Manipur, officials say. Sangmin Bom, 27, was one of two KNA members killed during a military raid […]Continue Reading

150,000 Rohingya fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh in 18 months: UN

3 top ULFA-I leaders ‘killed’ in Myanmar, Indian Army denies role as insurgent group alleges involvement

Bangladesh election date still unclear, says CEC

Calcutta High Court seeks report on deportation of six Bengali-speaking Indians to Bangladesh

WHO sends Saima Wazed on indefinite leave amid corruption allegations

Publish July Declaration by Aug 3 or face movement, Nahid warns govt

Armed men kidnap, kill nine bus passengers in Pakistan, say officials

China, Canada pledge deeper trade ties, continued Rohingya support

Hasina ordered lethal crackdown, leaked audio verified by BBC shows

Followup: KNA commander killed in Bandarban had sent family to Mizoram, trained in India

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