Blaze at Bangladesh refugee camp leaves thousands of Rohingya homeless

January 7, 2024

Hundreds of shelters at the refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh were gutted with arson suspected, Al Jazeera reports. Thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have been left without shelter after a fire ripped through a refugee camp, burning hundreds of homes, officials say. The blaze tore through the tightly packed complex of bamboo and tarpaulin […]Continue Reading

Rohingya teacher abducted, shot dead in Cox’s Bazar camp

January 5, 2024

UKHIYA CORRESPONDENT A 28-year-old Rohingya teacher, Md. Faisal, was abducted and shot dead in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya. The incident occurred in the Kutupalong Rohingya Camp-4 on the night of January 4th. Faisal, son of Md. Rafique from the same camp, was forcibly taken from his home by unknown assailants and later found shot dead in […]Continue Reading

‘Pray for us’: Eyewitnesses reveal first clues about a missing boat with up to 200 Rohingya refugees

December 23, 2023

Their screams and sobs could be heard from the ailing boat soon after it emerged into view amid the vastness of the Andaman Sea. Crowded on board were tiny babies and children, alongside mothers and fathers begging to be saved, AP reports. The passengers were ethnic Rohingya Muslims who had fled surging gang violence and […]Continue Reading

Four ARSA terrorists arrested following gunfight with RAB in Rohingya camp

December 19, 2023

UKHIA CORRESPONDENT An intense exchange of gunfire between the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and members of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) terrorist group occurred during an anti-sabotage operation in the Rohingya camp in Ukhia, Cox’s Bazar. On Monday, 18 December, from 9 PM to 12:30 AM, RAB personnel conducted a high-stakes operation at the […]Continue Reading

4 Rohingya photographers living in Bangladesh win 2023 Nansen Award

December 17, 2023

NEWS DESK Four Rohingya refugees living in Cox’s Bazar have been jointly recognised as the 2023 regional winners for Asia and the Pacific of the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award. The storytellers – one of whom was born in Kutupalong camp to refugee parents, while the other three were forced to flee their country and find […]Continue Reading

Cox’s Bazar police rescue 24 Rohingyas while being trafficked to Malaysia

December 13, 2023

COX’S BAZAR, TEKNAF AND HNILA CORRESPONDENTS Police have rescued 24 Rohingyas – six children, six women and 12 men – from the coastal area of Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar during an attempt to illegally traffick them by sea to Malaysia. Inspector Md. Moshiur Rahman of the Baharchhara Police Investigation Center said that the operation was […]Continue Reading

Man held in Cox’s Bazar while smuggling fuel oil to Myanmar

December 13, 2023

HNILA CORRESPONDENT In an anti-smuggling drive in Cox’s Bazar, police have seized 1,500 litres of fuel oil and detained Md Harun, a 30-year-old suspected smuggler. Harun, from South Dail Para in the district’s Teknaf, was apprehended during the operation. The seizure and arrest occurred on Tuesday (December 12) near Marine Drive, south of Baharchhara Ghat […]Continue Reading

2 Ukhiya Camps: 3 Rohingyas killed in ‘Arsa attacks’

December 6, 2023

Three Rohingya men were killed and two others were injured by suspected Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army members in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday night, police said. The victims, Jobair, Anowar Sadik, and Abdul Kasim, were supporters of the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO), officers added. Additional Deputy Inspector General Amir Zafar of the Armed Continue Reading

Arakan Army accuses Myanmar junta of chemical warfare

December 5, 2023

The Arakan Army (AA) has claimed Myanmar’s junta has been using chemical weapons in Paletwa Township, Chin State, since Sunday, The Irrawaddy reports. The AA, a member of the Brotherhood Alliance that launched Operation 1027 in northern Shan State, has been attacking the regime’s hilltop outposts in Traunaing and Hnonebuu villages in the township that […]Continue Reading

Rohingya man shot dead in Cox’s Bazar

December 5, 2023

NEWS DESK A 30-year-old Rohingya man was shot dead by miscreants at Ukhiya Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Imam Hossain, a resident of no 4 Ukhiya Rohingya camp. Ukhiya police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Shamim Hossain said a group of miscreants came to the camp and opened fire on […]Continue Reading