Army Chief urges December election, says corridor and port decisions belong to elected government

May 22, 2025

STAFF REPORTER Bangladesh’s Army Chief, General Waker-Uz-Zaman, has said the country’s national election should be held by December, stressing that decisions on key national issues must come from an elected government. Speaking at an officers’ address in Dhaka Cantonment on Wednesday, General Waker reaffirmed his earlier stance on the need for timely elections and Continue Reading

JSS becomes active in Dhaka over CHT regulation case

May 17, 2025

STAFF REPORTER A faction of the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (JSS) is reportedly conducting behind-the-scenes activities in Dhaka aimed at influencing the outcome of an ongoing Supreme Court case related to the Chittagong Hill Tracts Regulation, 1900 (also known as the Hill Tracts Manual). According to sources familiar with the matter, a review petition […]Continue Reading

Biman plane without wheel flies to HSIA, lands safely

May 17, 2025

NEWS DESK A Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft safely landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital Dhaka without one of its wheels, as the wheel came off from the Dhaka-bound airliner shortly after it took off from the Cox’s Bazar airport. Biman Bangladesh Airlines general manager for public relations ABM Rawshan Kabir said […]Continue Reading

BGB enhances border patrols amid push-in concerns in Brahmanbaria

May 17, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has intensified patrols in the Nalgaria and Nowabadi areas of Singarbil Union, located in the Bijoynagar upazila of Brahmanbaria, following reports of a possible push-in attempt along the Bangladesh-India border. According to local sources, announcements were made via mosque loudspeakers on Thursday night, advising Continue Reading

India pushes 60 more into Bangladesh

May 15, 2025

NEWS DESK Indian Border Security Force on Wednesday pushed at least 60 more people into Bangladesh through separate bordering areas in Sylhet and Moulvibazar districts amid heightened security measures along the border. Of them, 16 were pushed into Bangladesh through a bordering point at Karaballa village under the upazila Kanaighat border in Sylhet and 44 […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh urges India to take measures against border push-ins

May 13, 2025

NEWS DESK Bangladesh has urged India to take measures to immediately stop the push-ins of people through borders, stressing that such actions without due process would undermine mutual understanding between the two countries. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a letter on 8 May seeking due process and urging India to follow established mechanisms, said […]Continue Reading

Delhi concerned over ban on AL activities; supports early election

May 13, 2025

NEWS DESK India on Tuesday expressed concerns over the ban imposed by the interim government on the activities of Bangladesh Awami League. “The ban on the Awami League without due process is a concerning development,” said Spokesperson at the Ministry of External Affairs Randhir Jaiswal during a regular media briefing in New Delhi. As a […]Continue Reading

Students protest, demand ban on UPDF activities

May 13, 2025

PARBATTANEWS DESK Parbatya Chattogram Chhatra Sangsad (PCCS) on Sunday staged a demonstration at Dhaka University demanding a complete ban on the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) and its activities, branding it an armed separatist organisation responsible for destabilising the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). The protest was held around 5:00pm at the Raju Continue Reading

Call to scrap National Consensus Commission’s meeting with UPDF

May 13, 2025

PARBATTANEWS DESK REPORT An activist has called for the immediate cancellation of a scheduled meeting between the National Consensus Commission and the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF), terming the group an “unregistered and armed separatist organisation.” In a statement issued on Tuesday, Engineer Thoai Ching Mong Shak, a political activist from the Continue Reading

Students for Sovereignty raises alarm over corridor plan, port deal

May 13, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Student platform Students for Sovereignty has voiced strong concerns over reported government moves to negotiate a humanitarian corridor through Rakhine and engage foreign company DP World in the management of Chattogram Port, calling both issues “sensitive to national sovereignty and security.” At an emergency press conference held at Dhaka University’s Continue Reading