NEWS DESK An unidentified body was found in the Rahmaterbil border area of Ukhiya upazila in Cox’s Bazar on Thursday night amid ongoing clashes between Myanmar army and armed rebel groups in the country. The body was found around 9:30 pm in the Rahmaterbil border area of Ukhiya’s Thaingkhali. Ukhiya Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md […]Continue Reading
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TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel have thwarted an attempt by a boat laden with 65 Rohingya to enter Bangladesh from Myanmar. The interception occurred near the zero line of the Naf River in Damdamia, Hnila Union, Teknaf Upazila, Cox’s Bazar, around 2 PM on Tuesday. Lieutenant Colonel Md. Mohiuddin Ahmed, commander of Teknaf […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK In Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhia upazila, a Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO) member was kidnapped and later shot dead at the Kutupalong Rohingya camp. The incident, attributed to Arakan Salvation Army (ARSA) terrorists by law enforcement, occurred early Tuesday. The victim, 35-year-old Mohammad Jalil, hailed from block A, camp number 4 in Kutupalong. Md Continue Reading
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has instructed the armed forces and paramilitary border guards of Bangladesh to have patience regarding the recent war-like situation in Myanmar between their government forces and insurgents. Law Minister Anisul Huq, in absence of Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, on Monday said this while responding to a supplementary question from Opposition Continue Reading
Amid the escalating conflict in Myanmar, the Bangladesh Coast Guard has ramped up its patrols and surveillance efforts along the Teknaf border in a bid to curb Rohingya infiltration. A press release issued by the Teknaf Coast Guard station detailed that the heightened state of alert is a direct response to the unrest in Myanmar, […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK A Rohingya was hacked to death by unidentified criminals at a refugee camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Md Yasin, 43, of Block C/1 under camp 15, said Shamim Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Ukhiya Police Station. Yasin was a night guard at an NGO-run […]Continue Reading
Rab on Thursday arrested three key members of Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, an insurgent group, at a refugee camp in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar. Lt Col Sazzad Hossain, commander of Rab-15, said after the arrests, 22 firearms and over 100 bullets were seized during a raid on Camp 20 (Extension). He said the arrestees were Usman, […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday said the government is dealing with the Myanmar government on the Rohingya repatriation issue. “We are dealing with the government of Myanmar. In a meeting with Myanmar’s Foreign Minister who is also the Deputy Prime Minister, I urged him to take back the Rohingyas and to […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Some 5,000 Rohingya refugees are leading an inhumane life this winter after a fire earlier this month at Camp 5 in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya upazila destroyed their shelters. Around 1,000 shelters were gutted in that fire. Now the affected Rohingyas are spending their days under the open sky, with women and children most […]Continue Reading
Around 30 Myanmar junta troops and police who refused to surrender at a camp in Tedim Township, Chin State, were reportedly killed on Tuesday, The Irrawaddy reports. The Chin National Army, Civic Defense Militia and Chinland Defense Force attacked the Taingen camp on the Falam road to the Indian border on Friday. It fell after […]Continue Reading