NEWS DESK A total of 50 robbers from 12 groups in Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar region surrendered to the Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today (Thursday). “Only Allah knows the fate of the robbers who don’t give up their weapons and surrender despite warnings. No one will be spared, it’s our promise,” warned the minister […]Continue Reading
Cox’s Bazar
COX’S BAZAR CORRESPONDENT Cyclone Remal, forming in the Bay of Bengal, has caused significant flooding in Cox’s Bazar, where tidal waters surged five to six feet above normal levels. By Sunday afternoon, several low-lying areas were submerged, including Kutubdia Para, Samiti Para, Gomatali, Pokkhali, Islampur, and Maheshkhali-Kutubdia. The weather office reported a tidal Continue Reading
UKHIA CORRESPONDENT Frequent clashes continue at the Ukhia refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar. A recent incident left 10 Rohingya injured. The severely injured were taken to various hospitals within the camp. The triangular clash occurred Friday night (May 24) in blocks E, G, and F of Rohingya camps 3 and 4 in Ukhia. Following the […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK A fire in the Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhia on Friday destroyed nearly 250 shelters and other facilities, authorities said. The fire broke out from the store room of Caritas NGO in Block D of Camp 13 around 11:00am and soon engulfed nearby shelters, said Cox’s Bazar Fire Service and Civil Defence […]Continue Reading
UKHIA CORRESPONDENT A Bangladeshi youth was injured in a shooting during a clash between Rohingya refugees and a terrorist organization in the Ukhia Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar. The clash erupted early Tuesday morning in the Lumbashia Rohingya camp as the terrorist group pressured the Rohingya to join the ongoing conflict in Myanmar. The violence […]Continue Reading
UKHIA CORRESPONDENT The National Security Intelligence (NSI) detained 32 Rohingyas from a secret meeting in Ukhia, handing them over to the Ukhia police station later. The detentions took place on Friday morning (May 17) at the Global Training Center, a multi-story building in Rajapalong, Ukhia. According to reliable sources, the secret meeting was part of […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK The RAB’s intelligence-based drive against the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army is continuing and operations are being launched as soon as any information is received. Commander Arafat Islam, director (legal and media wing), said this in a press conference at Karwan Bazar Media Center on Friday. He said that ARSA members were involved in […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK A Rohingya refugee was shot dead by unidentified miscreants in Teknaf Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar. The deceased was identified as Md Alam, a resident of Block E of Nayapara Camp in Teknaf. The incident took place at around 8am on Saturday. Badrul Islam, another resident of that camp, said that a group […]Continue Reading
BAGHAICHHARI CORRESPONDENT A seven-year-old boy, Romeo Tripura, has died following severe abdominal injuries caused by a bullet during a fierce shootout between two regional armed factions, the UPDF and JSS, in the remote Gandachara area of Sajek Union, Rangamati’s Baghaichhari upazila. He was undergoing treatment at Chittagong Medical Hospital when he passed away. Romeo Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Eighty-eight members of the Myanmar Border Guard Police entered Bangladesh on Sunday morning as fighting between the armed ethnic group Arakan Army and Myanmar military rages in the Rakhine state, Bangladesh officials said. The law enforcement officials in Cox’s Bazar said that the officer and rankers carrying firearms and ammunition crossed bordering River […]Continue Reading