The Arakan Army (AA) has claimed Myanmar’s junta has been using chemical weapons in Paletwa Township, Chin State, since Sunday, The Irrawaddy reports. The AA, a member of the Brotherhood Alliance that launched Operation 1027 in northern Shan State, has been attacking the regime’s hilltop outposts in Traunaing and Hnonebuu villages in the township that […]Continue Reading
Cox’s Bazar
NEWS DESK A 30-year-old Rohingya man was shot dead by miscreants at Ukhiya Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Imam Hossain, a resident of no 4 Ukhiya Rohingya camp. Ukhiya police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Shamim Hossain said a group of miscreants came to the camp and opened fire on […]Continue Reading
TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT In a significant operation across various areas of Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila, police have arrested four members of a human trafficking ring, including its leader, known as Yasin. This operation led to the rescue of 58 individuals, comprising women and children, who were victims of trafficking. Muhammad Osman Gani, the Officer in Charge […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK A Rohingya community leader has been hacked to death by a group of unidentified miscreants in the Ukhiya refugee camp of Cox’s Bazar. The deceased, Mohammad Ataullah, 50, was the majhi (community leader) of Balukhali camp no 19, Mohamamd Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Ukhiya police station confirmed. He said the deceased was returning […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen on Wednesday said preparation to commence sustainable and voluntary repatriation of the Rohingyas to their homeland would be continued. The issue was discussed at the 43rd meeting of National Task Force on Forcibly Myanmar Nationals held with Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen in the chaired. Efforts to keep […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Police have arrested a BRAC employee for his alleged involvement in supplying arms to the Rohingya camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar. The non-governmental development organisation has confirmed the matter to The Business Standard via an email. “We are aware of the arrest of a BRAC project staff in Cox’s Bazar. We […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK The Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Major General AKM Nazmul Hasan visited the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Cox’s Bazar on Monday. In addition to inspecting routine operational, training, and administrative activities, the BGB chief inspected the Whykong Border Outpost under Teknaf Battalion (2 BGB), the Baishfari Border Outpost under Continue Reading
NEWS DESK A Rohingya man was killed in a gunfight between two groups of terrorists over establishing supremacy at Ukhiya Rohingya Camp no 3 in Cox’s Bazar on Sunday evening. The deceased was identified as Syed Amin, a resident of Ukhiya Camp no 3. Quoting locals, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Ukhiya Police Station Md Shamim Hossain […]Continue Reading
TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT A delegation from the European Union (EU) has visited the Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhia. Led by Charles Whiteley, the EU Ambassador to Bangladesh, the four-member delegation arrived at Camp No. 4 in Ukhia around 10:30 AM on Monday (13 November). Other members of the delegation included Deputy Managing Director for Asia […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK A trawler carrying over 100 Rohingyas, which had been adrift for three days as they attempted to sail to Malaysia, reached Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Thursday morning. Local fishermen pulled in the trawler floating in the Bay of Bengal loaded with Rohingya to Teknaf beach. There were 150 Rohingyas including children […]Continue Reading