Fears of starvation in Myanmar as UN warns of ‘disaster’

August 23, 2025

Aid agencies are warning of starvation in war-torn Myanmar’s Rakhine State, with the World Food Programme (WFP) making an urgent appeal for more donations to avoid a “full-blown disaster”, BBC reports. The agency has been trying to feed the rapidly rising number of displaced people in the state, including the 140,000 Rohingya Muslims who have […]Continue Reading

Myanmar to hold 1st phase of general election on 28 Dec, state television reports

August 19, 2025

Myanmar will hold the initial phase of its general election on December 28, state television said on Monday, outlining a roadmap for the first polls in the war-torn country in nearly five years that have already been derided by critics as a sham, Reuters reports. The dates for the subsequent phases of the elections, which […]Continue Reading

India’s Assam allows firearms licenses for residents along Bangladesh border

August 17, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Residents of remote areas along the Bangladesh border will now be able to apply online for firearms licences, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced, Anandabazar Patrika reports.  The move, first approved by the Assam cabinet in May, is aimed at what the government calls “sons of the soil” — indigenous […]Continue Reading

Awami League ‘party office’ set up in Kolkata: BBC

August 8, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK The Awami League has opened an office in a commercial complex in a suburb near Kolkata, West Bengal, for leaders who left Bangladesh after the Aug 5, 2024 mass uprising, BBC Bangla has reported. Citing party sources, the report said the office is used by senior and mid-level leaders of the Awami […]Continue Reading

Myanmar’s figurehead president dies after long illness

August 8, 2025

Myanmar’s figurehead president who came to power after a 2021 coup, Myint Swe, has died, the South East Asian nation’s military leaders said. He was 74, AP reports. Before his death, Myint Swe had been on medical leave for over a year due to declining health. Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing has been performing Myint […]Continue Reading

Netanyahu meets security officials as Israel considers full Gaza takeover

August 6, 2025

NEWS DESK Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met senior security officials to finalise a new strategy for the nearly two-year war in the Gaza Strip, his office said on Tuesday, with media reporting he favoured a complete military takeover of the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory. Despite intense international pressure for a ceasefire to ease hunger and […]Continue Reading

Tripura protest demands action against Bangladesh’s PCJSS Santu group

August 4, 2025

INTERNATIONAL DESK, PARBATTA NEWS Hundreds have marched in Tripura, India, calling for the arrest and expulsion of members of the Bangladesh-based armed group Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti, known as PCJSS Santu, over allegations of drug trafficking and anti-India activities. Indian media report it is the first organised protest in the country against an armed Continue Reading

Thai-Cambodian fighting extends into third day

July 26, 2025

Fighting on the Thai-Cambodian border extended into a third day and new flashpoints emerged on Saturday as both sides sought diplomatic support, saying they had acted in self-defence and calling on the other to cease fighting and start negotiations, Reuters reports. At least 30 people have been killed and more than 130,000 people displaced in […]Continue Reading

US, China confront each other on Ukraine at United Nations

July 26, 2025

The United States told China at the United Nations on Friday it should “stop fuelling Russia’s aggression” in Ukraine, as China accused Washington of trying to shift blame and spark confrontation, Reuters reports. Acting US Ambassador to the UN Dorothy Shea urged all countries, specifically naming China, to stop exports to Russia of dual-use goods […]Continue Reading

Netanyahu, Trump appear to abandon Gaza ceasefire negotiations with Hamas

July 26, 2025

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump appeared on Friday to abandon Gaza ceasefire negotiations with Hamas, both saying it had become clear that the Palestinian militants did not want a deal, Reuters reports. Netanyahu said Israel was now mulling “alternative” options to achieve its goals of bringing its hostages home from […]Continue Reading