COX’S BAZAR and UKHIA CORRESPONDENTS Five Rohingya individuals were killed in a clash between two terrorist groups, Arsa and RSO, in the Ukhia Rohingya camp of Cox’s Bazar. The police recovered the bodies of the deceased at the scene. The victims have been identified as Anwar Hossain (24) from Block H-49 of Camp-8 West, Mohammad […]Continue Reading
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NEWS DESK Police have arrested a Rohingya youth in Bandarban in a case file over raping a teenage girl. The accused, identified as Md Shafik, 24, was arrested from the Kaichtali area of Suwalok union of the Sadar upazila, around 1am on Monday, confirmed Suwalok union parishad member Md Jasim. Md Shafik is a resident […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Three Rohingya individuals, including a leader (head majhi), were shot in a shootout at the Ukhiya Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar. The incident took place early Friday in Balukhali and Kutupalong camps, confirmed 14th Armed Police Battalion (APBn) Commanding Officer Additional Deputy Inspector General Syed Harun-or-Rashid. The injured individuals have been Continue Reading
NEWS DESK When Maulana Noor Hossain, a Rohingya Tarana (Rohingya singer), started singing his song that expressed their urge to return to Myanmar, hundreds of other Rohingyas joined him in the chorus, raising their hands. While they were singing tears rolled down their cheeks and their voices choked, reminiscing the sweet past they left in […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK A Rohingya leader was shot to death by miscreants at Ukhiya-2 Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday night. The deceased is Noor Hossain alias Bhutto, a leader (Majhi) of Camp No-2. Ukhia Police Station officer-in-charge Sheikh Mohammad Ali said that a group of 10-20 miscreants of ARSA entered Bhutto’s house and shot […]Continue Reading
The Armed Police Battalion (APBn) has arrested Arsa’s top terrorist Sabbir Ahmad alias Lalu, accused in the case of “6 sensational murders” in Rohingya camp in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar. Lalu was arrested from the block M-19 of Rohingya camp number 18 Maynarghona of Palongkhali Union of Ukhiya Upazila on Sunday midnight, said the captain of […]Continue Reading
STAFF REPORTER A group of KNF terrorists, belonging to the Kuki-Chin National Front, has kidnapped eight construction workers from Bagalek in Ruma Upazila, Bandarban District. According to reports, armed members of the Kuki-Chin National Army (KNA), the militant wing of KNF, forcibly took the workers hostage early on Friday morning. As of the time of […]Continue Reading
A 19-year-old Rohingya boy was shot dead allegedly by miscreants at Kutupalong Rohingya camp in Ukhiya upazila on Monday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Bashir, son of Rahmat Ullah and resident of No 6 camp. Sheikh Mohammad Ali, officer-in-charge of Ukhiya Police Station, said a group of masked miscreants, numbering 25-30 , opened fire […]Continue Reading
Five Rohingyas were kidnapped, and one of the captives, 16-year-old Jahangir Alam from Alikhali camp in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar, was released on Saturday evening with his left hand severed. The kidnappers have demanded a ransom of Tk20 lakh for the release of the remaining four hostages. The other four individuals who were abducted on Friday […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has cut food vouchers for Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar to just $8, or less than 9 cents per meal, just weeks after thousands of refugees lost their homes to Cyclone Mocha, putting another blow to them. Funding shortfalls already forced WFP to cut its food vouchers from […]Continue Reading