Momen calls Int’l community’s proactive engagement for Rohingya repatriation

May 25, 2022

NEWS DESK Foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said Dhaka expects further proactive engagements from the international community and UNHCR for ensuring sustainable repatriation of forcefully displaced Rohingyas to their land of origin in Rakhine state of Myanmar. “Bangladesh expects International Community, in particular UNHCR, to enhance their activities in Continue Reading

Prolonged uncertainty of repatriation entices Rohingyas to criminal activities: PM

May 24, 2022

NEWS DESK Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the prolonged uncertainty of repatriation is enticing Rohingyas to get involved in criminal activities. “They (Rohingyas) are becoming frustrated due to protracted uncertainty over their repatriation which has a potential risk as it entices many of them to get involved in criminal activities,” she said on Tuesday, Continue Reading

Padma Bridge to be opened on June 25

May 24, 2022

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the Padma Bridge would be opened on June 25 to directly connect the south-western region with the capital Dhaka. Talking to newsmen in front of Ganabhaban in Dhaka, emerging from a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, he said the premier would open the bridge for […]Continue Reading

PM urges for promoting Cox’s Bazar tourism without damaging natural beauty

May 18, 2022

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged all not to build indiscriminate establishments in Cox’s Bazar, saying her government is implementing projects to ensure its overall development maintaining natural beauty to make it a major global tourist destination. “It is solely needed to build Cox’s Bazar as a global tourist city. So, I request all particularly the Continue Reading

Rohingyas entering Bangladesh in groups from India: Foreign minister

May 17, 2022

NEWS DESK: Rohingya refugees are entering Bangladesh in groups from India, Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen has said. “They are coming here in order to get better meals. It’s a concern for us. Security will be enhanced on the border to prevent them from entering here,” he told reporters at the ministry on Tuesday […]Continue Reading

Army chief inspects Khurushkul Special Shelter Project

May 7, 2022

Staff Correspondent, Cox’s Bazar Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed has inspected the Khurushkul Special Shelter Project under the supervision of the Bangladesh Army at Khurushkul Union in Cox’s Bazar’s Sadar upazila. While inspecting the project on Saturday (May 7), he observed the progress of the construction work of the project and gave […]Continue Reading

Reports on Rohingya children learning closure false, fabricated: MoFA

May 6, 2022

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has said the reports on closure of Rohingya children learning facilities and barring teachers or students to attend the classes are false and fabricated. “It is deep concern that disinformation is being propagated about the learning facilities for the Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMN)/Rohingya children,” the ministry Continue Reading

Sufferings of passport seekers mount as brokers infest Khagrachhari Passport Office

April 19, 2022

Staff Correspondent, Khagrachhari Khagrachhari Regional Passport Office is so much infested with brokers and lobbyists that anybody going there would have an experience like it were the brokers and lobbyists that run the Passport Office –because they are everywhere. For this, passport service recipients suffer so much. If you do not turn to brokers and […]Continue Reading

US keen to assist in modernising Bangladesh armed forces

April 7, 2022

News Desk: The United States (US) is keen to assist in the modernization of Bangladesh’s armed forces while Dhaka and Washington agree to continue the discussion over sanctions on Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) as the two countries have concluded eight round of security dialogue. Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen and US Under Secretary of State […]Continue Reading

Padma Bridge opens to traffic at year end: PM

April 6, 2022

News Desk:  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has told the parliament that the long-cherished Padma Bridge will open to traffic at the end of this year, saying the construction progress of the main bridge is 96.50 percent. “The construction work is progressing fast aimed at opening the Padma Bridge to traffic at the end of 2022,” […]Continue Reading