Myanmar’s Junta offers villages, but Rohingya won’t return without guarantees

September 6, 2023

NEWS DESK Myanmar’s junta has declared its intention to construct 20 villages as part of a repatriation initiative aimed at returning numerous Muslim Rohingya individuals who had escaped a crackdown and sought refuge in Bangladesh. However, members of the Rohingya ethnic group have expressed deep mistrust in the ruling regime and have rejected this offer. […]Continue Reading

UN allocates $8m forRohingya refugee response in Bangladesh

September 6, 2023

NEWS DESK The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated $8 million to provide support to almost a million Rohingya refugees staying in camps in Cox’s Bazar and on the island of Bhasan Char. The funding allocation to Bangladesh is part of a CERF initiative to support underfunded humanitarian operations in 14 countries […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh conveys Rohingya repatriation priority to Myanmar

September 6, 2023

NEWS DESK Bangladesh on Wednesday conveyed to Myanmar that the issue of repatriation of the displaced Rohingyas from Myanmar temporarily sheltered in Cox’s Bazar is the topmost priority of its government. While presenting his credentials to Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing in Myanmar’s Naypyidaw in a ceremony, Bangladesh Ambassador to Myanmar Dr Md […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh government’s failure leads Rohingya issue to obscurity, main opposition says

September 3, 2023

NEWS DESK The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party said on Sunday that the people of Bangladesh as well as the international community were now forgetting the Rohingya issue due to the government’s diplomatic failure. ‘The Rohingya issue is a major issue for Bangladesh. This is a security issue for us, and at the same time, […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh Army’s heroic efforts in hills: a lifeline amidst calamities

September 3, 2023

PARBATTA NEWS REPORT Heavy rains have pounded the Chittagong Hill Tracts and Cox’s Bazar regions since August 3, continuing for a week, resulting in a series of natural disasters. The torrential downpours triggered floods, landslides, and widespread devastation. Low-lying areas were inundated, bridges and culverts collapsed, and roads became submerged, cutting off Continue Reading

UK foreign affairs committee chair lauds PM Hasina for sheltering Rohingyas

September 1, 2023

NEWS DESK The UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Select Committee Chair Alicia Kearns lauded Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for giving shelter to forcibly displaced Rohingya population of Myanmar and stressed on putting international pressure on Myanmar for repatriation of its people. She came up with the comments in a meeting with Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Continue Reading

20 Rohingyas detained in Bandarban

September 1, 2023

NEWS DESK The Detective Branch (DB) of police on Thursday detained 20 Rohingyas in Bandarban hill district. They were apprehended at 5pm from the Parbat hotel located in the city’s Traffic intersection area. The detainees were identified as Jafar Hossain, 22, Hossain Ahmad, 36, Rashid Ullah, 16, Ahmudul, 52, Nur Alam, 50, Md Johor, 35, […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh wants to begin repatriation this year with around 1000 Rohingyas

August 27, 2023

NEWS DESK Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen on Sunday said the government wants to begin repatriation of Rohingyas to their place of origin this year, initially with around 1000 of the refugees. “We have given a list of over 3000. We need to make sure that families are not separated,” he told reporters at the […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh hopes Japan will step up efforts to resolve Rohingya crisis

August 26, 2023

NEWS DESK Appreciating Japan’s continued assistance in infrastructure development, Bangladesh has sought Japan’s support in resolving the Rohingya crisis considering its good relations with Myanmar. “On behalf of the people and the government of Bangladesh, we hope that Japan will step up efforts to help resolve the Rohingya crisis,” State Minister for Foreign Affairs Continue Reading

Beijing for joint global efforts for Rohingya repatriation

August 26, 2023

NEWS DESK Highlighting the importance of joint global efforts to ensure repatriation of the Rohingyas, Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen has said those who keep claiming that the situation in Myanmar is “not conducive” to repatriation have seldom visited Rakhine. “It’s quite strange. And they didn’t answer the question whether the Continue Reading