Rohingya leader shot dead in Cox’s Bazar

December 26, 2022

A Rohingya community leader (majhi) was shot dead by unknown criminals at a camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar. Deceased Shafi Ullah, 40, was a resident and the leader of Block B of Balukhali Camp 8, said Sheikh Md Ali, officer-in-charge of Ukhiya Police Station. The incident took place at Balukhali camp (East) in […]Continue Reading

4 shot in Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camp

December 23, 2022

Four Rohingyas, including a child, have been shot at a camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar. The incident took place at a camp in Palongkhali union at 4:30pm on Thursday (Dec 22, 2022), said Mohammad Faruq Ahmed, assistant superintendent of police (ASP) at the Armed Police Battalion. The shot are Mohammad Salam, 32, Mohammad […]Continue Reading

Eight Bangladeshis abducted by Rohingya miscreants in Cox’s Bazar

December 19, 2022

NEWS DESK Rohingya miscreants abducted eight Bangladeshis who went fishing in a canal at Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar. Relatives said that they are demanding Tk 3 lakh as ransom from their family over the phone. Teknaf police station officer-in-charge (OC) Md. Abdul Halim confirmed the information around 11 a.m. on Monday, December 19, 2022. The […]Continue Reading

2 Rohingyas shot dead during ‘gunfight’ at Ukhia camp, police say

December 10, 2022

NEWS DESK Two Rohingyas were shot dead during what police called “a gunfight” at Ukhia camp in Cox’s Bazar on Friday night (Dec 9, 2022). The identities of the deceased could not be known yet, but they were Rohingyas, said Sheikh Mohammad Ali, Officer-in-Charge of Ukhiya police station. The incident occurred around 10 pm at […]Continue Reading

Netherlands, UN migration agency sign $7.5M deal to aid Rohingya in Bangladesh

November 28, 2022

NEWS DESK The Netherlands Embassy in Dhaka and the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) signed a $7.5 million agreement to support persecuted Rohingya refugees and host communities in Cox’s Bazar. The agreement was signed on Monday (Nov 28, 2022) by Thijs Woudstra, deputy ambassador of The Netherlands to Bangladesh, and Fathima Nusrath Ghazzali, Continue Reading

Bangladeshi fisherman shot by Myanmar’s BGP

November 21, 2022

DESK REPORT One Bangladeshi fisherman has been shot by Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) in the Naf River of Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar. The fisherman was identified as Mohammad Kashem, son of late Moni Mia from Naittyang under the district’s Teknaf municipality. The shooting took place in the river – marking the border of […]Continue Reading

Rohingya man shot dead in Cox’s Bazar

November 8, 2022

  NEWS DESK A Rohingya man was shot dead by some unidentified miscreants at Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar on Monday night (Nov 7, 2022). The deceased was identified as Mohammad Salam, 26, from Musni refugee camp in Teknaf, said Abdul Halim, Officer-in-Charge of Teknaf police station. Three unidentified men took wounded Salam to Kutopalong […]Continue Reading

Operation Root Out: 15 held in Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camp

November 1, 2022

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, COX’S BAZAR Members of APBn-8 arrested 15 people in possession of 3,000 yaba tablets during a special combing operation at Rohingya camp no. 10 in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhia upazila on Monday night (Oct 31, 2022).  Of them, six were handed over to Ukhia Police Station in connection with a drug case, and nine others were […]Continue Reading

Mohib Ullah murder case: Accused threatens to kill witness in court

November 1, 2022

NEWS DESK One of the accused in the murder case of Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah threatened to kill a witness during testimony in a Cox’s Bazar court on Tuesday (Nov 1, 2022). Accused Khairul Amin threatened to kill Nure Alam, a witness, who was giving his testimony in Additional District and Sessions Judge’s Court of […]Continue Reading

19 Rohingyas arrested from Cox’s Bazar camps

October 31, 2022

NEWS DESK As many as 19 more Rohingyas were arrested in a special operation in the Rohingya camps of Cox’s Bazar on Monday (Oct 31, 2022). Members of the Armed Police Battalion (APBn) arrested them from various camps in Ukhiya in a raid from Sunday midnight to Monday morning. APBn-8 Assistant Superintendent of Police (Ops […]Continue Reading