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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
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
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
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