Two dead as Cyclone Remal hits Bangladesh

May 26, 2024

NEWS DESK Cyclone Remal has battered the coastal regions of Bangladesh, bringing winds of up to 120 kph and severe storm surges that have flooded numerous villages and caused widespread power outages. Officials reported two fatalities in Patuakhali and Satkhira on Sunday night. As the cyclone approached, many residents evacuated to storm shelters or higher […]Continue Reading

Plot to carve Christian state from Bangladesh, Myanmar underway: PM Hasina

May 23, 2024

NEWS DESK Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday alleged that a plot is on to carve out “a Christian state like East Timor” taking parts from Bangladesh and Myanmar. She also claimed that she was offered a hassle-free reelection in the January 7 polls if she allowed a foreign country to build an airbase in […]Continue Reading

Bangladeshi youth injured in Rohingya Camp clash over Myanmar conflict recruitment

May 21, 2024

UKHIA CORRESPONDENT A Bangladeshi youth was injured in a shooting during a clash between Rohingya refugees and a terrorist organization in the Ukhia Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar. The clash erupted early Tuesday morning in the Lumbashia Rohingya camp as the terrorist group pressured the Rohingya to join the ongoing conflict in Myanmar. The violence […]Continue Reading

Myanmar can demonstrate its willingness by starting Rohingya repatriation: Bangladesh FM

May 20, 2024

NEWS DESK Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud on Sunday said repatriation with civil rights and dignity is the eventual solution to the Rohingya crisis. To accomplish this complicated task, more involvement from India alongside Chinese mediation is crucial, he added. He was speaking at a seminar on the Rohingya crisis, organised by Overseas Correspondents Association of […]Continue Reading

Dhaka believes India, China can resolve Rohingya crisis: Bangladesh FM

May 20, 2024

NEWS DESK Repatriation with civil rights and dignity is the eventual solution to Rohingya crisis while India’s intensified engagement alongside Chinese mediation as regional powers is crucial to accomplish the complicated task, Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said in Dhaka on Sunday. “Repatriation (of the Rohingyas) is the only solution,” he told a seminar on […]Continue Reading

Jama’atul Ansar supplies arms for KNF’s training: CTTC

May 17, 2024

NEWS DESK The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Friday said that the banned militant outfit Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya supplied arms and ammunition for the training of the ethnic armed group Kuki-Chin National Front. CTTC chief Md Asaduzzaman during a press briefing on Friday claimed that their […]Continue Reading

UNHCR may involve India, China more in Rohingya repatriation: Foreign Minister

May 16, 2024

NEWS DESK Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud on Thursday said the UNHCR may involve India and China more in the process of commencing the Rohingya repatriation from Bangladesh to their land of origin Myanmar. “Internal conflicts in Myanmar are almost a century old. He emphasized that there is no alternative to increasing effective international pressure […]Continue Reading

Gunfight between armed groups in Baghaichhari sparks panic

May 14, 2024

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, RANGAMATI/BAGHAICHHARI CORRESPONDENT A fierce gunfight between the Santu group of the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samghati Samiti (PCJSS) and the Prasit group of the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) has erupted in Baghaichhari upazila, Rangamati, causing widespread panic among locals. The violence began early Tuesday morning in the Dulobonia Continue Reading

BGB DG warns KNF, vows support for joint operations

May 13, 2024

NEWS DESK Director General (DG) of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui issued a warning to the armed separatist group Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), saying that as long as their activities continue, BGB will participate in the Army-led joint forces’ operation, giving all out support. He said that the “terrorist group” KNF […]Continue Reading

Arakan Army withholds body of Bangladeshi killed near border

May 12, 2024

NAIKHONGCHHARI CORRESPONDENT A Bangladeshi youth was shot dead by the Arakan Army (AA) inside Myanmar near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, local officials confirmed. The incident, which took place on Sunday morning around 8 AM at Arakan Ghat, about 1 kilometer from the zero line. The victim, identified as 28-year-old Abul Kalam from Bamhatirchhara village in Naikhongchhari Continue Reading