Necessary dialogue must take place with Arakan Army: Guterres

March 15, 2025

NEWS DESK UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday said the Arakan Army is an entity with which he believes a “necessary dialogue must take place” but stressed that it would be “extremely difficult” to have an immediate “dignified return” of the Rohingya refugees amid heavy fighting between the Myanmar Army and Arakan Army. Continue Reading

UN considering humanitarian channel from Bangladesh to Myanmar

March 15, 2025

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said Saturday the organisation is exploring the possibility of a humanitarian aid channel from Bangladesh to Myanmar, AFP reports. Guterres is on a four-day visit to Bangladesh that saw him meet on Friday with Rohingya refugees, threatened by looming humanitarian aid cuts. Around a million members of the persecuted and […]Continue Reading

Chief adviser, UN secretary-general join iftar with 1 lakh Rohingya refugees

March 15, 2025

NEWS DESK Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday joined nearly 100,000 Rohingya refugees for iftar at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar. The iftar gathering was organized at the initiative of the chief adviser. Earlier, the chartered flight carrying Professor Yunus and Guterres landed at Cox’s Bazar Airport at […]Continue Reading

Dhaka slams Delhi’s remarks as interference in Bangladesh’s internal affairs

March 13, 2025

NEWS DESK Dhaka on Thursday reacted sharply to Delhi’s recent comments on elections, law and order and minority issues, stressing Bangladesh believes that these are purely its internal matters. “Such comments from India are unwarranted and tantamount to interference in the internal affairs of another country,” Spokesperson at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Continue Reading

UN chief in Bangladesh for a first-hand look at Rohingya camps as he pushes for aid

March 13, 2025

NEWS DESK U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres is getting a first-hand look at the situation of more than 1 million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh as fears mount of serious aid cuts across the world following Washington’s decision to shut down USAID operations, AP reports. Bangladesh’s foreign affairs adviser, Touhid Hossain, welcomed Guterres at Dhaka’s main airport Continue Reading

Indian media spreading false propaganda against Bangladesh Army: ISPR

March 12, 2025

NEWS DESK The Inter-Services Public Relations, the Army’s internal intelligence agency, has dismissed reports published in Indian media about unrest in the Bangladesh Army are ‘false and planned.’ In a statement on Tuesday, ISPR stated that Indian media outlets, notably The Economic Times and India Today, recently published baseless and fabricated reports about the Continue Reading

JSS leader KS Mong’s son leads attack on police at Shahbagh

March 12, 2025

STAFF REPORTER Aung Aung Mong, son of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (JSS) leader KS Mong, allegedly led an attack on police in Dhaka’s Shahbagh on Tuesday. Police filed a case at Ramna Police Station, naming 12 individuals, including Aung Aung Marma as the prime accused, for attacking officers near Hotel InterContinental during an anti-rape […]Continue Reading

Army seizes ammunition, devices from UPDF hideout in Rangamati

March 7, 2025

NEWS DESK The Bangladesh Army seized ammunition, communication devices, and other equipment from a hideout of the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) (Main) in Rangamati’s Kaukhali, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Friday. The operation, conducted early in the morning based on intelligence, targeted a regional armed group linked to UPDF (Main), Continue Reading

UN to slash rations to Rohingya refugees by half to $6 per month, official says

March 5, 2025

NEWS DESK The United Nations will cut food rations to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh from $12.50 to $6 per month next month after failing to find funds, an official said, raising fears among aid workers of rising hunger in the world’s largest refugee settlement, Reuters reports. “Yesterday, I was informed verbally, and today I received […]Continue Reading

Japan, Unicef sign $3.3M deal to strengthen assistance for Rohingya children

March 4, 2025

NEWS DESK The government of Japan has allocated approximately $3.3 million to support Unicef’s response to the humanitarian needs of Rohingya refugees. Through this grant, 65,000 Rohingya refugees, 41,000 of them children, will reach Bangladesh, providing them access to education, WASH, health and nutrition support in Cox’s Bazar district and Bhasan Char, said the Embassy Continue Reading