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NEWS DESK The UK has announced $27 million in new humanitarian assistance to support more than half a million Rohingya in Bangladesh, reaffirming its long-term commitment to one of the world’s most pressing displacement crises. The aid package, marking the high-level UN conference on Myanmar, will provide food, shelter, clean water, sanitation, healthcare and other Continue Reading
PARBATTA NEWS DESK Bangladesh’s security forces have detained a Myanmar national in Cox’s Bazar district with 340,000 yaba pills, officials say. The suspect, identified as 28-year-old Md Omar Siddique from Kharangkhali in Myanmar, was arrested during a raid on Thursday morning in a Keora grove near Teknaf’s Sabrang area. The operation was carried out jointly […]Continue Reading
PARBATTANEWS DESK Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Monday announced a three-day program to press home their five-point demand, including implementation of the July Charter and holding the national election under the proportional representation (PR) system. As part of the program, Jamaat will hold protest rallies in Dhaka on Thursday, rallies in all divisional cities on Continue Reading
PARBATTA NEWS DESK Seventeen Bangladeshi fishermen have escaped after being detained at sea by the Arakan Army while fishing off Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar, according to local authorities. The fishermen arrived at Shahpari Island jetty on a trawler around 11am on Thursday. The Coast Guard took them into custody before handing them over to police. […]Continue Reading
PARBATTANEWS ONLINE DESK Growing competition between the United States and China over Myanmar is threatening efforts to repatriate Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh, according to a report by Samakal. China has long maintained influence in Myanmar, while Washington has sought for decades to expand its presence in Naypyidaw. After briefly pulling back in response to the […]Continue Reading
PARBATTANEWS ONLINE DESK Thirty-three Bangladeshi fishermen have been abducted over three consecutive days by the Myanmar-based armed group Arakan Army, according to local officials. The incidents occurred as the fishermen were returning from the Bay of Bengal near the Teknaf coast in Cox’s Bazar. The most recent abduction took place on Monday, 25 August, at […]Continue Reading
HNILA CORRESPONDENT, COX’S BAZAR The Myanmar-based armed group Arakan Army has abducted seven more Bangladeshi fishermen along with their trawler from the Naf River in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar. With this incident, a total of 40 fishermen have been taken in the past 20 days, according to local authorities. Abul Kalam, General Secretary of the Trawler […]Continue Reading