UK minister: Rohingya crisis should get due attention from international community

June 21, 2023

NEWS DESK A British minister of state on Monday praised Bangladesh’s generosity in hosting the Rohingyas and said the issue should get due attention from the international community. Anne-Marie Trevelyan, minister of state (Indo-Pacific) at the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office of the UK, made the comment when State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Continue Reading

Rohingya repatriation: Dhaka seeks Asean’s active role

June 16, 2023

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has underscored an active role of the regional countries including Asean for the safe and sustainable repatriation of the Rohingyas to Myanmar. He also laid emphasis on efforts to end the armed conflicts and ensure a peaceful transition to a civilian administration through elections in Myanmar. The […]Continue Reading

Bring KNF, other illegal arms holders under law: Dipankar Talukder

June 14, 2023

Rangamati Member of Parliament, Dipankar Talukdar, has called for bringing all illegal arms holders, including the Kuki-Chin National Front, or KNF, operating in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, under the law. Talukdar raised this pressing concern during a budget discussion at the National Parliament on Tuesday (June 13, 2023). He drew attention to the Kuki-Chin National […]Continue Reading

Japan donates $4.4m as food assistance to Rohingyas

June 14, 2023

NEWS DESK Japan has donated $4.4 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) as food assistance for Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char. The donation comes amid a fund crisis which has forced UN to cut food aid for around one million Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh. An exchange of notes […]Continue Reading

Government implements 65 of 72 clauses in Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord

June 12, 2023

The government has successfully implemented 65 out of the 72 clauses outlined in the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord. A thorough review conducted by an inter-ministerial committee led by the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs confirms this achievement. According to the review, three clauses are partially implemented, and four are still in progress. On […]Continue Reading

Rohingya protest in Bangladesh, demand repatriation to Myanmar

June 8, 2023

Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh protested on Thursday, demanding to be repatriated to Myanmar so that they could leave the squalid camps they have lived in since fleeing a brutal military crackdown in their homeland in 2017, Reuters reports. More than a million Rohingya have been crammed into the camps in southeastern […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh must suspend pilot project to return Rohingyas to Myanmar: UN expert

June 8, 2023

Bangladesh must immediately suspend a pilot repatriation project for Rohingya refugees to return to Myanmar, where they “face serious risks” to their lives and liberty, a UN expert said on Thursday. UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, said there were reports that Bangladeshi authorities were using “deceptive and Continue Reading

Japan provides $0.5m to cyclone-affected Rohingyas, host communities

June 7, 2023

The Japan government has announced to provide USD 0.5 million assistance in response to the super Cyclone Mocha to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) which made landfall on May 14 and hit Rohingya and host communities in Cox’s Bazar. The heavy rains caused damage in both Myanmar and Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, significant damage was […]Continue Reading

Rally advocating for implementation of CHT Peace Accord held in Mymensingh

June 5, 2023

STAFF REPORTER In commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord, a divisional rally was held in Mymensingh to voice the demand for the complete implementation of the agreement. The gathering took place on Monday at the Advocate Tarek Smriti Auditorium of Town Hall in Mymensingh. During the rally, Rashed Khan […]Continue Reading

KNF main training camp, bases under control: Army chief

June 4, 2023

STAFF REPORTER, BANDARBAN, AND BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT The main training camp and main bases of the Kuki Chin National Front-KNF have been brought under control in a special army operation in the Bandarban hills, Army Chief General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed has said. Some members of the group are still scattered, but efforts will be made to […]Continue Reading