US to give $73 million to aid Rohingya refugees, State Dept says

March 27, 2025

The Trump administration said on Thursday it will provide $73 million in new financial aid to Rohingya refugees through the U.N. World Food Programme, amid concerns that aid cuts could deepen the crisis for the world’s largest stateless population, Reuters reports. “This food and nutrition support through @WFP will provide critically needed food and nutrition Continue Reading

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh fear aid cuts will deepen crisis

March 27, 2025

Majuna Khatun sat cradling her six-month-old baby at a rehabilitation centre for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, worried her child would be without critical healthcare due to funding cuts from the United States and some European countries, Reuters reports. “Where will I go if this facility closes?” 30-year-old Khatun said at the centre, where her child, […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh Army rejects India Today’s report on ‘possibility of coup’

March 25, 2025

NEWS DESK Bangladesh Army has strongly refuted a report published by India Today over an “emergency meeting” of army over a possible coup against Chief Adviser Mohammad Yunus calling it “false and fabricated.” It has come to the attention of the Bangladesh Army that India Today has once again published a report based on false […]Continue Reading

Rohingya in Bangladesh face dire consequences if aid money drops, say UN agencies

March 24, 2025

Two United Nations agencies said on Monday that any shortfalls in funding from global donors could have dire consequences for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, Reuters reports. Refugee agency UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration issued the warning at the launch of their first joint multi-year funding appeal for food and educational help to Rohingya […]Continue Reading

Dhaka for innovative solution to Rohingya crisis

March 23, 2025

NEWS DESK Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin on Sunday expressed hope that the upcoming High-Level Conference under the aegis of the UN, to be held in New York, would offer innovative solutions to the Rohingya crisis. He made the remarks as UNHCR Executive Committee Chair Ambassador Marcelo Vazquez-Bermudez met him at the foreign ministry in […]Continue Reading

Army dismisses Hasnat’s Facebook post as ‘hilarious and immature stories’: Netra News

March 23, 2025

NEWS DESK The Bangladesh Army has denied allegations made by Hasnat Abdullah, chief organiser (south) of the National Citizen Party (NCP), where he claimed senior military officials pressured him and two others to accept a so-called “refined” faction of the Awami League (AL), reports Netra News. In a statement shared with Netra News, the Army […]Continue Reading

Media Reform Commission uses ‘Adivasi’ term despite govt ban

March 23, 2025

STAFF REPORTER The Media Reform Commission, formed under the current government, has used the term Adivasi in its report submitted to Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, despite longstanding government directives against such usage. Since 2005, successive administrations have issued multiple circulars instructing state agencies and the media not to refer to the country’s Continue Reading

ARSA chief Ataullah, 9 operatives arrested

March 18, 2025

NEWS DESK Rapid Action Battalion-11 arrested 10 Rohingya people, including Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army’s top leader Abu Ammar Jununi alias Ataullah, from Narayanganj and Mymensingh districts in two separate drives on Monday and Tuesday. RAB-11 arrested six, including ARSA chief Ataullah, from Siddirganj upazila in Narayanganj on Tuesday and four other ARSA members from Continue Reading

Tulsi Gabbard’s remarks misleading and damaging: Bangladesh govt

March 17, 2025

NEWS DESK Reacting to remarks made by DNI Tulsi Gabbard, the interim government on Monday said groundlessly linking Bangladesh to the idea of an “Islamist caliphate” undermines the hard work of countless Bangladeshis and their friends and partners around the world who are committed to peace, stability and progress. In a statement shared by the […]Continue Reading

US aid cuts to Myanmar are having catastrophic impact, UN rapporteur says

March 17, 2025

US cuts to humanitarian aid are having a crushing impact on people in Myanmar, with violence likely to spiral, Thomas Andrews, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar told a press briefing in Geneva on Monday, Reuters reports Sudden cuts to food and health programs supporting people have made an […]Continue Reading