STAFF REPORTER Residents of the Teknaf border region experienced a night of terror on Sunday, March 17th, as at least 21 mortar shells exploded within Myanmar territory. The blasts shook at least 13 villages in the Teknaf Municipality, creating widespread fear and panic. The explosions began around 9:25 PM and continued for approximately 30 minutes, […]Continue Reading
Cox’s Bazar
UKHIA CORRESPONDENT A fire broke out at the registered Rohingya camp in Nayapara, Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar on Thursday night. The fire erupted in a shed in Block P of the camp around 10:00pm. Local and volunteer firefighters at the camp managed to bring the fire under control, according to local fire service officials. Uttam Banerjee, […]Continue Reading
The United Nations is calling for more donations for Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh, Al Jazeera reports. In its annual response plan to the crisis, the UN appealed for $852.4m to provide food and other aid to the mostly Muslim Rohingya refugees and their host communities. Bangladesh has taken in more than a […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Rapid Action Battalion arrested four members of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army from Cox’s Bazar camps on Thursday morning. The RAB arrested Master Kalim Ullah, 32, a resident of camp-20 at Ghonarpara, Mohammed Akij, 27, of camp-7 at Kutupalong, Mohammad Jubaer, 29, of camp-13 at Balukhali, and Saber Hossain, 35, of camp-22 in […]Continue Reading
UKHIA CORRESPONDENT The Armed Police Battalion (APBn) detained four members of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), a Myanmar-based terrorist group, late on Thursday in the Rohingya refugee camp in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar. The operation, aimed at thwarting a planned act of sabotage, resulted in the seizure of arms and ammunition. The detainees, identified as […]Continue Reading
COX’S BAZAR CORRESPONDENT Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained five Rohingyas, including a woman who was injured, as they attempted to cross into Bangladesh from Myanmar via the Naf River in Teknaf Upazila, Cox’s Bazar, officials said Saturday. The incident occurred amidst intermittent explosions heard from the Myanmar side of the border from Saturday morning Continue Reading
TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT Intermittent gunfire echoed through the night across the eastern and southern regions of Teknaf Upazila in Cox’s Bazar, with local residents reporting sounds originating from the Myanmar border last Thursday evening. The situation escalated on Friday morning (16 February) as two loud explosions shook the area, causing concern among the local Continue Reading
A Cox’s Bazar court has granted a three-day remand for 22 out of 23 armed Rohingyas who were detained on 6 February after fleeing into Bangladesh along with Border Guard Police (BGP) members from Myanmar. local officials say. Judge Sreegyan Tanchangya of Cox’s Bazar Senior Judicial Magistrate Court passed the orders after hearing a 10-day […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK An unidentified body was found in the Rahmaterbil border area of Ukhiya upazila in Cox’s Bazar on Thursday night amid ongoing clashes between Myanmar army and armed rebel groups in the country. The body was found around 9:30 pm in the Rahmaterbil border area of Ukhiya’s Thaingkhali. Ukhiya Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md […]Continue Reading
TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel have thwarted an attempt by a boat laden with 65 Rohingya to enter Bangladesh from Myanmar. The interception occurred near the zero line of the Naf River in Damdamia, Hnila Union, Teknaf Upazila, Cox’s Bazar, around 2 PM on Tuesday. Lieutenant Colonel Md. Mohiuddin Ahmed, commander of Teknaf […]Continue Reading