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TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT At least 28 members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) fled to Bangladesh early Tuesday, citing internal conflict. They crossed into Bangladesh through the Naf River’s Sabrang border point in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar, officials said. Teknaf Upazila Executive Officer (UNO) Md. Adnan Chowdhury reported that the BGP members arrived in a wooden Continue Reading
PALANGKHALI CORRESPONDENT Three Rohingya refugees were killed and three others injured in attacks conducted by rival groups at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar early Monday, authorities said. The violence erupted in the Ukhiya camp’s Block F around 3:45 am when members of the Rohingya Solidarity Organization (RSO) attacked Md Ilyas, 31, shooting him and […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the government will not allow new structures in the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar that ultimately caused ecological imbalance. “It would not be wise (decision) to allow new structure in Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar as environmental and ecological imbalance has already poised there due to […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Unrest may occur in Cox’s Bazar if the Rohingyas are not repatriated soon, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Friday. “A hub of international terrorists may be created here. There may be an influx of arms. Many things can happen. And we already see some signs of them,” he told journalists while visiting […]Continue Reading
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
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