Exercise increased caution: US issues Level-2 travel advisory for Bangladesh, Level-3 for CHT

October 13, 2023

NEWS DESK The United States has issued a ‘Level 2’ travel advisory for Bangladesh, urging its citizens to ‘exercise increased caution due to crime, terrorism and the upcoming general election’ while travelling to the country. However, for the Chittagong Hill Tracts areas, the Western superpower issued a Level-3 alert, urging its citizens to Continue Reading

Construction process of Rohingya Repatriation Transit Camp begins at Ghumdhum Border

October 13, 2023

NAIKHONGCHARI CORRESPONDENT Officials from the Naikhongchari Upazila Land Office have transferred the designated land for the Rohingya Repatriation Centre to the Office of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC). The handover took place near the Red Bridge on the Ghumdhum border around 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct 12. The proposed Rohingya Repatriation Continue Reading

High-level regional meeting on Rohingya refugees in Bangkok on 17 Oct

October 11, 2023

NEWS DESK The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi is scheduled to visit Thailand from 15-17 October. As part of the visit, High Commissioner Grandi will be opening a high-level regional meeting on Rohingya refugees in Bangkok on October 17. This closed-door meeting will seek international support for over a million Rohingya refugees and […]Continue Reading

Joint operation strengthened at Rohingya camps to curb crimes

October 9, 2023

NEWS DESK Law enforcers have strengthened ongoing joint operations at the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar to curb criminal activities such as murders, drug dealing and use of illegal arms. Alongside APBn – the force tasked with ensuring security in the camps – RAB, police, BGB, Ansar and executive magistrates are also taking part […]Continue Reading

Japan wants dignified return of Rohingyas to Myanmar

October 8, 2023

Japan wants dignified return of forcibly displaced Rohingyas, now sheltered in Bangladesh, to their homeland, Myanmar. Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Masahiro Komura made the statement on Sunday when he called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence, Ganabhaban. PM’s press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed the reporters after the Continue Reading

Bangladesh urges immediate Israel-Palestine ceasefire

October 8, 2023

NEWS DESK Bangladesh has denounced the ongoing armed conflict between Israel and Palestine and deplored the resultant loss of innocent civilian lives and injury of the victims. Bangladesh underlined that escalation of conflicts and violence benefits no party, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Sunday. “We urge both Israeli and Palestinians […]Continue Reading

Kingdom supports efforts to safely repatriate Rohingya from Bangladesh: Saudi envoy

October 6, 2023

Saudi Arabia supports efforts to safely repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, the Kingdom’s ambassador to Dhaka has said, as Bangladeshi authorities highlighted continuous Saudi assistance at refugee camps, Arab News reports. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees fled persecution in Myanmar in 2017, with most seeking shelter in neighboring Bangladesh. A Continue Reading

ADB, Bangladesh sign $120m loan agreement for CHT dev

October 6, 2023

NEWS DESK The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Bangladesh on Wednesday signed a loan agreement for $120 million to improve access to basic services and climate resilience of remote and rural communities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh. Economic Relations Division Secretary Sharifa Khan and ADB Country Director for Bangladesh […]Continue Reading

Arsa chief’s aide confesses to group’s anarchy plot in Bangladesh

October 2, 2023

TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT Arkan Salvation Army (Arsa) Chief Ataullah Jununi aimed to create unrest in Bangladesh, his aide Ershad Noman Chowdhury was quoted by the RAB as confessing. In a press conference, the Captain of Cox’s Bazar RAB-15, Colonel H M Sajjad Hossain, disclosed that Chowdhury shared this information during his preliminary interrogation, following his Continue Reading

We are doing our best for Rohingyas: PM Hasina

September 30, 2023

NEWS DESK rime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said although Bangladesh has a large population in a small territory, it has sheltered Rohingyas on humanitarian ground. “We are discussing with Myanmar over the Rohingya issue and trying to convince them that they (Rohingyas) are their citizens, they should be taken back to their homeland,” Prime Minister […]Continue Reading