NEWS DESK Firings along Bangladesh-Myanmar border became wider by Tuesday — stretching for about seven kilometres from Naikhyangchhari in Bandarban to Ukhyia in Cox’s Bazar, causing fresh tensions among civilians. As firings continued along border, Bangladesh on the day briefed diplomats from different countries outside the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on the Continue Reading
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NEWS DESK The local administration is planning to evacuate members of 300 Bangladeshi families in Ghumdhum union along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban following firings and mortar shelling near the Tombru border for the last one month. Naikhongchhari Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Salma Ferdous said there are about 70 Bangladeshi Continue Reading
NEWS DESK One of the accused in Rohingya leader Mohibullah murder case has died at Chattogram central jail. The deceased was identified as Moulovi Jokoria, 53, son of late Abdul Karim of Block D/8 in Rohingya camp of Ukhiya upazila in Cox’s Bazar district. Chattogram Jail’s Deputy Jailer Monir Hossain said Jokoria was a cancer […]Continue Reading
SAYED IBN RAHMAT A comparative analysis of the preliminary report of the Population and Household Census 2022 recently released by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) and the census report of 2011 shows that the Bengali population has increased while the non-Bengali/small ethnic population has decreased in Chattogram Hill Tracts. According to the preliminary report Continue Reading
NEWS DESK The foreign ministry today (Sept 18, 2022) summoned the Myanmar ambassador in Dhaka Aung Kyaw Moe, and handed over a strong protest note regarding a recent casualty along Bangladesh’s Bandarban border. “We told him (Myanmar) not to repeat such incidents along our border … it is their (Myanmar’s) responsibility to ensure that no […]Continue Reading
Bangladesh to lodge complaint with UN over Myanmar mortar shelling if diplomacy fails: Home minister
NEWS DESK Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said the government is trying to resolve the issues with Myanmar peacefully and diplomatically, but a complaint will be lodged with the United Nations regarding mortar shelling at the border if necessary. The minister said this in response to journalists’ questions after attending a programme at Ahsania Mission in […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK A 17-year-old Rohingya boy was killed and five others were injured as a mortar shell fired by the Myanmar army exploded at the Zero Point Rohingya Camp close to the international border in Tombru, Bandarban. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Iqbal, son of Monir Ahmed, and a resident of the Zero Point […]Continue Reading
GHUMDHUM CORRESPONDENT, NAIKHONGCHHARI, BANDARBAN A tribal Bangladeshi was seriously injured in a mine explosion along the Myanmar border in Bangladesh’s Bandarban. The incident took place at the Zero Line near Pillar No 35 of the Tumbru border in the hill district’s Naikhongchhari upazila around 1:30 pm on Friday (Sept 16, 2022). The victim has been […]Continue Reading
NAIKHONGCHHARI CORRESPONDENT, BANDARBAN Two bullets fired from Myanmar have once again been found at Ghumdhum Tumbru border in Bandarban’s Naikhongchhari. Jhinuk Tanchangya, a child daughter of Tumbru Headman Para’s Usain Tanchangya’s, found two bullets while playing in front of his house on Thursday (September 15). After a four-day pause, locals said, sounds of gunfire Continue Reading
DESK REPORT Bangladesh’s Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said the country is making a peaceful effort to return the Rohingya to Myanmar. He spoke as the chief guest at the closing ceremony of a workshop titled “Reawakening: Say No to Crime” organised by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Thursday (September 15) afternoon at the […]Continue Reading