Army seizes ammunition, devices from UPDF hideout in Rangamati

March 7, 2025

NEWS DESK The Bangladesh Army seized ammunition, communication devices, and other equipment from a hideout of the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) (Main) in Rangamati’s Kaukhali, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Friday. The operation, conducted early in the morning based on intelligence, targeted a regional armed group linked to UPDF (Main), Continue Reading

UN to slash rations to Rohingya refugees by half to $6 per month, official says

March 5, 2025

NEWS DESK The United Nations will cut food rations to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh from $12.50 to $6 per month next month after failing to find funds, an official said, raising fears among aid workers of rising hunger in the world’s largest refugee settlement, Reuters reports. “Yesterday, I was informed verbally, and today I received […]Continue Reading

Japan, Unicef sign $3.3M deal to strengthen assistance for Rohingya children

March 4, 2025

NEWS DESK The government of Japan has allocated approximately $3.3 million to support Unicef’s response to the humanitarian needs of Rohingya refugees. Through this grant, 65,000 Rohingya refugees, 41,000 of them children, will reach Bangladesh, providing them access to education, WASH, health and nutrition support in Cox’s Bazar district and Bhasan Char, said the Embassy Continue Reading

Abrar Fahad deserves Swadhinata Padak in liberation war category: Farooki

March 3, 2025

NEWS DESK Cultural Affairs Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has said Abrar Fahad should get the Swadhinata Padak in the Liberation War category. Farooki, in a personal post on Facebook on Monday evening, shared his perspective on the category in which Abrar Fahad should receive the award. He added that this year’s Independence Award will be […]Continue Reading

Abrar Fahad to be awarded Swadhinata Padak posthumously

March 3, 2025

NEWS DESK Abrar Fahad, a student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) who was brutally killed in 2019 by members of the banned organisation Chhatra League, will be posthumously awarded the Swadhinata Padak 2024 (Independence Award), Bangladesh’s highest civilian honour. The recognition honours his courage in standing against injustice and his Continue Reading

EU announces €68m in aid for Rohingyas

March 3, 2025

NEWS DESK EU Commissioner Hadja Lahbib has said the European Union is providing €68 million this year for the Rohingya response, including host communities in Bangladesh and for the Myanmar conflict, notably for the people caught in violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. The EU commissioner for equality, preparedness and crisis management made the announcement as […]Continue Reading

CA press wing debunks Indian newspaper’s report about Bangladesh

March 2, 2025

Indian newspaper The Tribune report headlined ‘ISI, Bangladesh operatives teaming up to revive ULFA camps near Assam border’ was a fake one, the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing has said. The Tribune newspaper in New Delhi has run the front-page story claiming that ISI and Bangladesh operatives are teaming up to revive ULFA camps. “As with […]Continue Reading

Four arrested over Lama village arson, including three Christians

December 26, 2024

LAMA CORRESPONDENT Police have arrested four individuals, including three men from the Christian Tripura community and a Bengali worker, in connection with an arson attack in Tongjiri village under Lama upazila in Bandarban, police said on Thursday. The suspects, identified as Stephen Tripura (50), Masainia Tripura (44), Joachim Tripura (52), and Ibrahim (65), a worker Continue Reading

Army chief visits Cox’s Bazar

November 18, 2024

NEWS DESK Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman visited 10 Infantry Division and Cox’s Bazar area on 17 and 18 November. During the visit, he laid the foundation stone of two residential buildings – ‘Senaneer’ and ‘Swapnachura’ – to be built in the Ramu Cantonment. These will help resolve the accommodation problem of Junior Commissioned […]Continue Reading

81 Rohingyas held at Bandarban Border for intrusion

November 11, 2024

NEWS DESK Law enforcers have detained 81 Rohingya individuals while attempting to trespass into Bangladesh through Alikadam-Myanmar border in Bandarban. The detentions took place on Monday morning in various areas of Kurukpata union’s Poa Muhuri border. Among the detained, there are 31 children and 50 adult men and women. Local sources reported that due to […]Continue Reading