NEWS DESK A Rohingya leader was shot to death in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya camp on Saturday (April 15). The deceased has been identified as Rawshan Ullah. He was a sub-boatman of Ukhiya Balukhali Camp no 13, Armed Police Battalion (APBn-8) Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Faruk Ahmed. The officer said that Rawshan went out to […]Continue Reading
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NEWS DESK A gunfight between Armed Police Battalion (APBn) and members of Myanmar’s armed group Arakan Salvation Army (Arsa) at the Ukhiya Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar left a woman and an Arsa commander dead on Friday afternoon (April 14). Assistant Superintendent of Police (Operation and Media) of Ukhiya 8 APBN, Farooq Ahmed, confirmed the […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK The Rapid Action Battalion has detained another arms trader while supplying the firearms to the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (Arsa). The detainee is Arif Hossain alias Naigya, 27, a resident of Bloc B of Rohingya camp-1. Lieutenant Colonel Saiful Islam Sumon, commanding officer of the RAB-15, said Arif Hossain was detained during a […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Bangladesh has strongly condemned the violence unleashed against innocent worshippers and civilians at the holy Al Aqsa Mosque by occupying Israeli forces during the early morning prayers on Wednesday (April 5). Bangladesh expressed deep concerns over the violations of basic civil norms, international human rights laws and international accords by the Israeli Continue Reading
NEWS DESK A weaver from Moulvibazar has weaved a full-length sari using banana fibre yarn, the first of its kind in Bangladesh, under the direct patronage of the Bandarban district administration. Radhabati Debi said that different kinds of yarn are being used to make sarees in Bangladesh but with full support from the Bandarban district […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK A ring of armed miscreants kidnapped a young man from his home and murdered him with a gunshot before slitting his throat as well at a Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya. Syed Alam, 28, was son of Noor Islam of Ukhiya’s Camp-8 West Block A/50. Officer-in-charge (OC) of Ukhiya police station, Sheikh […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK A 60-old Rohingya man was shot dead during a clash between two groups at a camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar early today (April 1). The deceased was identified as Syed Alam, an inhabitant of Kutupalong camp No 8 who used to work as a night guard of the camp. Sheikh Mohammad […]Continue Reading
Myanmar authorities have arrested around 150 Rohingya suspected of trying to flee to Malaysia, an official told AFP on Friday. The group of men, women and children was arrested in Thanbyuzayat township in southern Myanmar, the official said, requesting anonymity as they were not authorized to talk to the media. The official did not specify […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK A delegation from Myanmar has returned home after verifying the information of about 500 Rohingyas who are in the process of repatriation in the refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar. The delegation left Bangladesh on a trawler through the Teknaf-Myanmar transit jetty at Jaliapara of Teknaf at around 10am on Wednesday (March 22). The […]Continue Reading
STAFF CORRESPONDENT, COX’S BAZAR Two Rohingya men have been killed by a group of unidentified miscreants at a camp in Ukhiya of Cox’s Bazar. Of them, one died on the spot, and another died on the way to the hospital. Another Rohingya was critically injured. He has been admitted to Cox’s Bazar General Hospital. The […]Continue Reading