Over 100 Rohingyas detained for leaving camps

September 19, 2023

NEWS DESK Around a hundred Rohingyas, roaming outside the camp, were detained by Ukhiya police today in Cox’s Bazar. They were detained raiding the areas near Ukhiya Degree College beside Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf highway between 11:00am and 1:00pm, reports our staff correspondent quoting Sheikh Mohammad Ali, officer-in-charge of Ukhiya Police Station. He said police Continue Reading

President reiterates call for prompt global actions on Rohingya issue

September 19, 2023

NEWS DESK President Mohammed Shahabuddin today (Sept 19) reiterated his call to the global community to urgently act for solving Rohingya issue as he opened 7th Partnership Meeting-2023 of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) in a city hotel. “Bangladesh is hosting around 1.2 million forcibly displaced Myanmar people with shelter, food and other necessities . […]Continue Reading

Rohingya say no return to Myanmar without guaranteed citizenship

September 16, 2023

Members of Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya community living as refugees in Bangladesh are again voicing opposition to efforts to repatriate many of them. They say that the Myanmar government has not met their demands over citizenship rights and that it is not safe for them to go back to Myanmar’s Rakhine state, VOA reports. Those concerns […]Continue Reading

Five Rohingya youths detained in Magura

September 16, 2023

NEWS DESK Police detained five Rohingya youths from a bus of ‘New Green Express’ of Wapada area in Magura’s Shreepur upazila on Friday night. The detainees, aged between 22 to 25 years, used to live in Cox’s Bazar Kutupalong’s refugee camp, said Kanchon Kumar Ray, officer-in-charge of Shreepur police station. Tipped off, they were detained […]Continue Reading

International Conference on CHT Peace Accord to take place in Kolkata

September 14, 2023

DESK REPORT An international conference focusing on the Chittagong Hill Tracts or CHT Peace Accord is scheduled to take place in Kolkata ahead of the Bangladesh parliamentary elections. The conference is set to take place in Kolkata on Friday, September 24. The Campaign Against Atrocities on Minorities in Bangladesh (CAMB) and the All India Refugee […]Continue Reading

UK announces £3,000,000 additional humanitarian support to Rohingyas

September 12, 2023

UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Permanent Under-Secretary Sir Philip Barton announced that Britain would provide £3,000,000 (around TK 42 crore) as new funding to support Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char. “I am pleased to announce a further UK contribution of £3,000,000 to UNHCR, which will help ensure refugees in Continue Reading

France to ‘intervene in’ Rohingya genocide case at UN court

September 12, 2023

France will “intervene in” the Rohingya genocide case lodged with the International Court of Justice, announced a joint statement issued after visiting French President Emmanuel Macron met Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka on Monday, Anadolu Agency reports. “France announces its decision to intervene, along with other partners, in the Continue Reading

UN Assistant Secretary-General Kanni Wignaraja visits Ukhiya Rohingya camp

September 12, 2023

NEWS DESK A six-member delegation, including the UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Regional Director for Asia Pacific, Kanni Vignarazar, visited the Rohingya camp at Ukhiya in Cox’s Bazar on Monday. During this visit, they observed various activities of the donor organisation. The delegation reached Block-L/17 of Rohingya Camp-18 in Ukhiya around 10:00 am on Continue Reading

Implemented sections of CHT Peace Accord should be honoured by all, says CHT secy

September 8, 2023

STAFF REPORTER Moshiur Rahman NDC, secretary at the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs, has said that everyone should follow and observe the implemented clauses of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord. He made the remarks at an inter-ministerial meeting held at the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs meeting room in the Bangladesh […]Continue Reading

President seeks urgent global actions to solve Rohingya issue

September 7, 2023

President Mohammed Shahabuddin today (Sept 7) sought urgent global actions to find durable solutions to the Rohingya issue as any delay in safe, voluntary and sustainable repatriation of displaced Myanmar nationals may put the entire region at risk. “It is the collective responsibility of the international community to find a durable solution to the Rohingya […]Continue Reading