The United Nations is calling for more donations for Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh, Al Jazeera reports. In its annual response plan to the crisis, the UN appealed for $852.4m to provide food and other aid to the mostly Muslim Rohingya refugees and their host communities. Bangladesh has taken in more than a […]Continue Reading
Cox’s Bazar
NEWS DESK Rapid Action Battalion arrested four members of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army from Cox’s Bazar camps on Thursday morning. The RAB arrested Master Kalim Ullah, 32, a resident of camp-20 at Ghonarpara, Mohammed Akij, 27, of camp-7 at Kutupalong, Mohammad Jubaer, 29, of camp-13 at Balukhali, and Saber Hossain, 35, of camp-22 in […]Continue Reading
UKHIA CORRESPONDENT The Armed Police Battalion (APBn) detained four members of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), a Myanmar-based terrorist group, late on Thursday in the Rohingya refugee camp in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar. The operation, aimed at thwarting a planned act of sabotage, resulted in the seizure of arms and ammunition. The detainees, identified as […]Continue Reading
COX’S BAZAR CORRESPONDENT Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained five Rohingyas, including a woman who was injured, as they attempted to cross into Bangladesh from Myanmar via the Naf River in Teknaf Upazila, Cox’s Bazar, officials said Saturday. The incident occurred amidst intermittent explosions heard from the Myanmar side of the border from Saturday morning Continue Reading
TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT Intermittent gunfire echoed through the night across the eastern and southern regions of Teknaf Upazila in Cox’s Bazar, with local residents reporting sounds originating from the Myanmar border last Thursday evening. The situation escalated on Friday morning (16 February) as two loud explosions shook the area, causing concern among the local Continue Reading
A Cox’s Bazar court has granted a three-day remand for 22 out of 23 armed Rohingyas who were detained on 6 February after fleeing into Bangladesh along with Border Guard Police (BGP) members from Myanmar. local officials say. Judge Sreegyan Tanchangya of Cox’s Bazar Senior Judicial Magistrate Court passed the orders after hearing a 10-day […]Continue Reading
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
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