Rohingya community leader shot dead in Cox’s Bazar

February 24, 2023

NEWS DESK Another leader of the Rohingya community was shot dead by unknown assailants in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Thursday (Feb 23). The deceased was identified as Mohammad Selim, 28, a sub-majhi (deputy head) of Kutupalong camp. Sheikh Mohammad Ali, officer-in-charge of Ukhia Police Station, said Selim was out overseeing the field-level […]Continue Reading

Gang helping Rohingyas to get NID, passport busted

February 16, 2023

NEWS DESK Police on Thursday arrested four persons for their alleged involvement in helping Rohingya people to get birth certificates, national identity cards and passports using fake addresses in Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar. The lawmen also arrested two Rohingya youths. Detective Branch of Chattogram Metropolitan Police arrested them at the GEC area on early Thursday […]Continue Reading

Rohingya woman killed, leader injured in camps

February 16, 2023

NEWS DESK A Rohingya woman was shot dead and a leader was shot at in Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar on Thursday. Armed Police Battalion 8 senior assistant superintendent Md Faruk Ahmed said that a Rohingya youth Arafat shot the woman, Nur Haba, 27, at Leda camp of Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar at about 10:45am […]Continue Reading

Belgian queen’s visit to be helpful for Rohingyas repatriation: Bangladesh minister

February 7, 2023

Information and Broadcasting Minister and Dr Hasan Mahmud today (Jan 7) said the Belgian queen’s visit to Bangladesh will be helpful for repatriation of the Rohingyas to Myanmar. Belgian queen Mathilde Marie Christine Ghislaine, who is now in Bangladesh, visited the Rohingya camp-3 in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar on the second day of her three-day visit. […]Continue Reading

Rohingya man shot dead in Ukhiya

February 6, 2023

NEWS DESK A Rohingya man was shot dead by criminals early yesterday in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar. Noor Boshor, 33, of Kutupalong refugee camp, was a night guard for an NGO based in the camp, said Syed Harun-ur-Rashid, additional deputy inspector general of the Armed Police Battalion (APBn). Quoting family, he said, Noor left home for […]Continue Reading

8 Rohingyas jailed for life in Cox’s Bazar for Yaba smuggling

January 30, 2023

NEWS DESK The Cox’s Bazar Additional District and Sessions Judge Court on Monday (Jan 29) sentenced eight Rohingya men to life term imprisonment in a case over smuggling 2 lakh Yaba pills into Bangladesh in 2019. Judge Nishat Sultana of the court pronounced the verdict. The convicts are Md Doula, Robi Alam, Md Alam, Md […]Continue Reading

2 ‘militants’ held from Rohingya camp after ‘gunfight’: RAB

January 23, 2023

NEWS DESK Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) today (January 23, 2023) arrested two suspected members of new militant group ‘Jamatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya’ after a gunfight at Kutupalong Rohingya camp in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar. The arrestees were identified as Ronobir, a Shura member and head of the armed wing of the […]Continue Reading

Turkish aid agency establishes another park for Rohingya children

January 20, 2023

NEWS DESK The Turkish International Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) on Thursday inaugurated another park for children at the Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh’s southern border district of Cox’s Bazar, Anadolu Agency reports. Turkish envoy in Dhaka, Mustafa Osman Turan, opened the park while Sevki Mert Baris, TIKA Coordinator in Bangladesh, attended the Continue Reading

Human trafficking: 26 Rohingyas rescued in Cox’s Bazar

January 13, 2023

NEWS DESK Police rescued 26 Rohingyas, including women and children, who were being trafficked to Malaysia and Thailand via the Teknaf coast of Cox’s Bazar on Thursday, Jan 11, 2023. The Rohingyas, living in different Rohingya refugee camps in Ukhiya and Teknaf, were rescued after conducting a drive at the home of Mohammad Shafiq in […]Continue Reading

Rohingya leader stabbed dead in Cox’s Bazar

January 8, 2023

NEWS DESK A Rohingya community leader (Rohingya majhi) has been stabbed to death at Palongkhali camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar. The deceased was identified as Rashid Ahmed, 36, a resident of no. 15 Jamtoli camp in Palongkhali. Two to three unidentified miscreants stabbed Rashid in his second wife’s shed at the camp around […]Continue Reading