Maj Gen Hamidul Haque made DGFI chief

October 26, 2022

NEWS DESK Major General Hamidul Haque, the GOC of 17 Infantry Division and Area Commander of Sylhet, has been assigned to Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) as its director general (DG), according to an official order of the army headquarters issued by the AHQ’s military secretary Major General Khan Firoz Ahmed on Wednesday (Oct […]Continue Reading

World has left Bangladesh to shelter 1m Rohingya refugees alone, says minister

October 26, 2022

NEWS DESK The world has done “absolutely nothing” to ensure safety in Myanmar for its persecuted Rohingya minority, said Bangladesh’s foreign minister, complaining that his country is sheltering more than 1 million refugees without support, The Guardian reports. Foreign minister Shahriar Alam told the Guardian that financial support for the Rohingya has decreased each year Continue Reading

Without accountability, political transition in Myanmar won’t fix Rohingya issue, Bangladesh tells seminar at UK Parliament

October 25, 2022

NEWS DESK State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has said that in the absence of justice and accountability, a political transition in Myanmar will not fix the Rohingya issue. “That is why, this time around, accountability must be ensured, justice must be delivered, and impunity must not be allowed by the international community […]Continue Reading

Iran to support Bangladesh in safe, dignified Rohingya repatriation: Envoy

October 25, 2022

NEWS DESK Iranian Ambassador to Bangladesh Mansour Chavoshi today (Oct 25) said his country will support Bangladesh on the issue of safe and dignified repatriation of Rohingyas, the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals, to their homeland. The envoy said this while calling on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban this morning. Prime Minister’s Continue Reading

Anti-militancy drive in CHT: KNF’s Nathan Bawm among 68 sued

October 23, 2022

DESK REPORT The Rapid Action Battalion, or RAB, has filed a case against 68 people, including Kuki-Chin National Front, or KNF, chief Nathan Bawm, with the Bilaichhari Police Station in Rangamati. The RAB arrested three members of the armed separatist group Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) and seven members of the new militant group Jamaat-ul-Ansar Fil […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh evacuates 30 families from border amid fury in Myanmar

October 23, 2022

NEWS DESK In the face of continuous gunfire and mortar shelling inside Myanmar close to the Bangladesh border for six hours on Saturday (Oct 22, 2022), local authorities have evacuated 30 families in Dochari and Ghumdhum unions of Naikhyangchari upazila in Bandarban district. The sound and fury on the Myanmar side of the international border, […]Continue Reading

Anti-militancy drive in CHT: 10 arrestees sent to jail

October 21, 2022

NEWS DESK A court in Rangamati has sent seven members of the newly launched militant outfit Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya and three members of the armed separatist group Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) to jail in a case filed with Belaichhari police station in the district.Rangamati Judicial Magistrate Farzana Akter passed the order around 7:30pm […]Continue Reading

KNF trains militants in exchange for Tk 3 lakh a month: RAB

October 21, 2022

NEWS DESK The Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), a separatist organisation in the Chattogram Hill Tracts, made a deal with the militant group “Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya to provide housing and training in exchange for money. They gave the militants combat training in exchange for a Tk 3 lakh monthly fee and expenditure for food, […]Continue Reading

Myanmar junta to honour Rohingya repatriation deals: Momen

October 20, 2022

NEWS DESK Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said Myanmar’s military government has conveyed that they would honour all the previous deals signed between Dhaka and Naypyidaw to commence Rohingya repatriation. “That’s good news,” he told reporters while disclosing the outcome of his today’s meeting with Chinese Ambassador in Dhaka Li Continue Reading

RAB nabs 7 alleged militants, 3 separatists in Chattogram Hill Tracts operation

October 20, 2022

STAFF REPORTER The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested 10 people – seven alleged members of the new militant outfit ‘Jamaatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya’ and three alleged separatists – during an operation in different areas of Bandarban and Rangamati. The RAB also said it recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition. Commander Khandaker Al […]Continue Reading