We’re dealing with Myanmar government on Rohingya repatriation: FM Hasan

January 24, 2024

NEWS DESK Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday said the government is dealing with the Myanmar government on the Rohingya repatriation issue. “We are dealing with the government of Myanmar. In a meeting with Myanmar’s Foreign Minister who is also the Deputy Prime Minister, I urged him to take back the Rohingyas and to […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh calls for peace, support to Palestine, Rohingya Repatriation

January 20, 2024

NEWS DESK Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud has called for the peaceful settlement of global disputes and the promotion of the culture of peace in the world. He remarked while speaking at the 19th NAM Summit in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, as the head of the Bangladesh delegation, a foreign ministry press release said […]Continue Reading

NAM Summit: Bangladesh to raise Rohingya issue with Myanmar

January 17, 2024

Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said he will discuss the Rohingya issue with his Myanmar counterpart on the sidelines of the upcoming NAM Summit in the Ugandan capital Kampala. “Look, we are always trying diplomatically. We are increasing engagement with them (Myanmar). I am going to the NAM Summit. I am scheduled to meet […]Continue Reading

New Bangladesh FM says Rohingya crisis solvable thru diplomacy

January 14, 2024

NEWS DESK Newly appointed Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Sunday expressed optimism that the Rohingya crisis can be resolved diplomatically. “We remain engaged with Myanmar. We hope this problem will be resolved diplomatically,” he said while responding to a question. Meeting journalists at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hasan Mahmud said the government Continue Reading

Bangladesh wants Asean to do more to facilitate Rohingya repatriation

January 12, 2024

NEWS DESK Bangladesh Ambassador to Myanmar Md Monwar Hossain has expressed his hope that the Asean Chair will play even more of a positive role in facilitating the repatriation of more than one million displaced Rohingyas to their homeland. The Rohingyas fled from Rakhine state to Bangladesh in 2017 to escape a Myanmar crackdown on […]Continue Reading

Khagrachhari gets state minister after two decades

January 10, 2024

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, KHAGRACHHARI Kujendra Lal Tripura, re-elected MP from Khagrachhari, has been nominated as State Minister, with the Cabinet confirming his appointment on Wednesday night.  The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled for Thursday at Ganabhaban.  Tripura’s appointment marks an end to a twenty-two-year absence of state ministerial representation for Continue Reading

AL sweeps CHT in general elections

January 7, 2024

STAFF REPORTERS, KHAGRACHHARI, RANGAMATI AND BANDARBAN The Awami League has secured a resounding victory in all three constituencies of the Chattogram Hill Tracts in Bangladesh’s 12th parliamentary elections. Khagrachhari In Khagrachhari-298, Awami League’s Kujendra Lal Tripura won his third term with 220,816 votes. His challengers from the Jatiya Party, Continue Reading

4 killed as Benapole Express train set on fire in Dhaka

January 5, 2024

NEWS DESK At least four people, including two children, were killed and several others were injured as Benapole Express was set on fire in the capital Dhaka’s Gopibagh tonight. “We recovered four bodies. Of them, two were children,” said Brig Gen Md Main Uddin, director general of Fire Service and Civil Defence. The fire was […]Continue Reading

Armed forces deployed across Bangladesh ahead of 12th parliamentary polls

January 3, 2024

NEWS DESK With the aim of avoiding any untoward situation centering on the January 7 general election and holding the polls freely and fairly, the armed forces were deployed across the country on Wednesday morning. They will be available for special duties relating to the 12th parliamentary election till January 10. In a media release […]Continue Reading

UN to boost food ration for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

January 2, 2024

The United Nations will increase the food ration for each Rohingya refugee in Bangladesh by $2 a month, to $10, from Jan. 1, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday, as it thanked donors for coming to the rescue of a cash-strapped effort, reports Reuters. The United Nations had cut food aid last year […]Continue Reading