UN to slash rations to Rohingya refugees by half to $6 per month, official says

March 5, 2025

NEWS DESK The United Nations will cut food rations to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh from $12.50 to $6 per month next month after failing to find funds, an official said, raising fears among aid workers of rising hunger in the world’s largest refugee settlement, Reuters reports. “Yesterday, I was informed verbally, and today I received […]Continue Reading

Japan, Unicef sign $3.3M deal to strengthen assistance for Rohingya children

March 4, 2025

NEWS DESK The government of Japan has allocated approximately $3.3 million to support Unicef’s response to the humanitarian needs of Rohingya refugees. Through this grant, 65,000 Rohingya refugees, 41,000 of them children, will reach Bangladesh, providing them access to education, WASH, health and nutrition support in Cox’s Bazar district and Bhasan Char, said the Embassy Continue Reading

Army chief visits Cox’s Bazar

November 18, 2024

NEWS DESK Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman visited 10 Infantry Division and Cox’s Bazar area on 17 and 18 November. During the visit, he laid the foundation stone of two residential buildings – ‘Senaneer’ and ‘Swapnachura’ – to be built in the Ramu Cantonment. These will help resolve the accommodation problem of Junior Commissioned […]Continue Reading

Arakan Army targets Myanmar Junta’s Rakhine power hub

November 10, 2024

Fighting between Myanmar’s junta and the Arakan Army (AA) has been reported in Maungdaw, Gwa, Taungup and Ann townships in Rakhine State, The Irrawaddy reports. In Ann and Gwa, the AA said it seized two battalion headquarters and two outposts on Wednesday. The Tai Kyoe and Pagan Taung outposts in Gwa fell after a day […]Continue Reading

Six detained over army officer’s murder in Cox’s Bazar

September 25, 2024

The Bangladesh Army has detained six people directly involved in the murder of an army officer during an anti-robbery operation in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar district. Lieutenant Tanzim Sarwar Nirjon (23) of the Bangladesh Army was killed in the early hours of Tuesday during an operation to prevent a robbery. Following the incident, the […]Continue Reading

Army officer stabbed to death in Cox’s Bazar’s operation

September 24, 2024

NEWS DESK An army officer was killed by miscreants during a joint forces operation in the Dulahazara area of Chakaria upazila, Cox’s Bazar. The deceased Lieutenant Tanjim Sarwar Nirjan, 23, was part of the 39 ST Battalion, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Tuesday. The incident occurred late Monday night during a raid […]Continue Reading

Another 500 Rohingyas flee to Bangladesh

September 8, 2024

STAFF CORRESPONDENT At least 500 Rohingyas crossed the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh on Saturday, local officials said, in the latest influx of refugees escaping violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. The latest arrivals come after more than 200 Rohingyas crossed into Bangladesh on Friday through Cox’s Bazar. Over the past two weeks, an estimated 8,000 […]Continue Reading

Rohingya teenager killed by mortar shell in Cox’s Bazar

July 8, 2024

NEWS DESK Amid exchange of fire between Myanmar junta forces and the rebel Arakan Army (AA), a Rohingya teenager was killed and two others were injured in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar by a mortar shell fired from across the border. The boys were fishing for crabs in the Naf River on Sunday evening. The deceased […]Continue Reading

33, including two Myanmar border guards, wash up on Saint Martin’s Island

July 5, 2024

TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT Thirty-three people, including two members of Myanmar’s Border Guard, were stranded on Saint Martin’s Island after their trawler’s engine failed, officials said on Friday. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Coast Guard personnel took the group into custody and housed them at a hotel on the island’s northern beach, said Mujibur Continue Reading

Rohingya night guard killed in Ukhia camp

July 3, 2024

NEWS DESK A Rohingya night guard was shot dead in a fierce fight between two groups at Ukhia camp in Cox’s Bazar on Monday night. The deceased is Muhammad Salim, 30, son of Maqbul Hossain of Block E-3 of Rohingya Camp 14 at Hakimpara of Ukhia. Two more Rohingyas were injured in this incident. They […]Continue Reading