Bangladeshi loses leg in landmine blast at Myanmar border

April 4, 2023

BAISHARI CORRESPONDENT A 48-year-old man has had the lower part of his left leg blown away in a landmine explosion at Nikuchhari in Bandarban’s Naikhangchhari upazila, bordering Myanmar.  The incident took place somewhere between Pillar No 42 and 43 around 2:00pm on Tuesday (April 4). The wounded was identified as Md Surut Alam, son of […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh says Myanmar must build trust, safety for Rohingya repatriation

April 4, 2023

The government in Myanmar must build trust and ensure safety for Rohingya refugees, Bangladesh’s refugee commissioner has said following calls to suspend the community’s potential return to their homeland. Bangladesh has been hosting and providing humanitarian support to 1.2 million Rohingya Muslims, most of whom fled violence and persecution in neighboring Myanmar during Continue Reading

Rohingya Crisis: US committed to long-term solutions

April 1, 2023

NEWS DESK US President Joe Biden has said his country made a commitment to finding long-term solutions to the Rohingya refugee crisis and holding perpetrators of the atrocities accountable. “You set an example for the world of empathy and generosity in practice,” the US president wrote to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The US embassy in […]Continue Reading

HRW urges Bangladesh to halt Rohingya repatriation plan

April 1, 2023

NEWS  DESK Human Rights Watch on Friday (March 31) urged Bangladesh to suspend plans to repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, warning conditions there would not be safe for the persecuted and stateless minority. Bangladesh is home to around a million Rohingya, most of whom fled a 2017 military crackdown in neighbouring Myanmar that is now […]Continue Reading

22 pilgrims, mostly Bangladeshis, dead in Saudi bus crash: Mission

March 28, 2023

Most of the 22 pilgrims who were killed in a bus accident in Saudi Arabia on Monday are Bangladeshis, the Bangladesh Mission in Jeddah said on Tuesday. The bus carrying 47 people to the holy city of Makkah crashed and burst into flames in the Abha district of Asir Province of Saudi Arabia on Monday […]Continue Reading

Myanmar delegation returns home after verifying info of about 500 Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar

March 22, 2023

NEWS DESK A delegation from Myanmar has returned home after verifying the information of about 500 Rohingyas who are in the process of repatriation in the refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar. The delegation left Bangladesh on a trawler through the Teknaf-Myanmar transit jetty at Jaliapara of Teknaf at around 10am on Wednesday (March 22). The […]Continue Reading

Rohingya repatriation: Myanmar technical team in Bangladesh for verification

March 15, 2023

TEKNAF CORRESPONDENTS, COX’S BAZAR CORRESPONDENTS   A Myanmar technical team has arrived in Bangladesh with a view to verifying the potential repatriation list of Rohingyas who fled to Bangladesh.  The team, comprising 17 members, led by Aung Myo, State Minister for Social Affairs of Myanmar’s Rakhine state, arrived in Bangladesh through the Teknaf-Mongdu Continue Reading

Dhaka calls on global community to raise their voices to ensure safe return of Rohingyas

March 14, 2023

NEWS DESK Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has urged the international community, including the Bangladeshi diaspora in the UK to raise their voices to ensure the voluntary, safe and sustainable repatriation of the forcibly displaced Rohingyas, temporarily sheltered in Bangladesh, to their homeland in Myanmar at an early date. He made the call when […]Continue Reading

Army man killed, 2 others hurt as KNA members open fire in Bandarban: ISPR

March 13, 2023

NEWS DESK An army man was killed and two others were injured after armed members of Kuki-Chin National Army (KNA) opened fire on the army personnel in Bandarban yesterday (March 12), the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a press release today. The deceased was identified as Nazim Uddin, a master warrant officer. Two […]Continue Reading

Fire at Rohingya camps ‘planned sabotage’: Panel

March 12, 2023

A fire that left thousands of Rohingya Muslims homeless in Bangladesh camps was a “planned act of sabotage”, a panel investigating the blaze said on Sunday (March 12), Reuters reports. Nearly 2,800 shelters and more than 90 facilities including hospitals and learning centres were destroyed in the fire on March 5, leaving more than 12,000 […]Continue Reading