Bangladesh urges OIC for efforts to send Rohingya back home

August 10, 2023

NEWS DESK Bangladesh on Thursday urged OIC to mobilise the international community for the sustainable repatriation of the Rohingyas to their own country, Myanmar. Bangladesh made the request at a meeting with the visiting OIC delegation at the Prime Minister’s Office, according to a press release from PMO. OIC Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian and […]Continue Reading

At least 17 dead after Rohingya boat breaks up off Myanmar: rescuers

August 10, 2023

At least 17 people drowned when a boat carrying Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar’s Rakhine state broke up at sea this week, rescuers said Thursday. Thousands of Rohingya risk their lives each year making perilous sea journeys from camps in Bangladesh and Myanmar to try to reach Muslim-majority Malaysia and Indonesia, AFP reports. Byar La, a […]Continue Reading

Army’s 10th Infantry Division takes action in flood response

August 9, 2023

STAFF REPORTER The members of Bangladesh Army’s 10th Infantry Division have been deployed to aid flood victims in Lohagara and Satkania upazilas of Chittagong, as well as in Cox’s Bazar district. These dedicated army personnel are tirelessly engaged in rescuing individuals stranded in floodwaters, while also distributing essential supplies such as food, clean Continue Reading

Constitutional recognition of national minorities demanded

August 9, 2023

NEWS DESK Politicians, academics, professionals, and national minority leaders on Wednesday at a discussion demanded constitutional recognition of the national minorities as ‘‘indigenous’ people’. Bangladesh Adivasi Forum organised the discussion as part of its day-long programmes at the Central Shaheed Minar premises to mark the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Continue Reading

PCCP calls for ensuring parbattanews.com editor’s security amid death threats

August 7, 2023

STAFF REPORTER Parbatta Chattogram Chhatra Parishad (PCCP) has demanded that security be ensured for Mehadi Hassan Palash, the editor at parbattanews.com, as he faces a series of death threats from numerous Facebook IDs, pages, groups, and IDs linked to a hill tracts terrorist group. The Rangamati chapter of PCCP issued a statement on Monday (August […]Continue Reading

Resettlement Programme: US efforts underway to take most vulnerable Rohingyas

August 5, 2023

NEWS DESK The United States (US) has planned to establish a resettlement programme that will enable the most vulnerable Rohingya refugees to relocate to the US. “We are pleased to be coordinating with the government of Bangladesh and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to establish a resettlement programme,” said US Ambassador to […]Continue Reading

Rohingya refugees wary as China develops plan for repatriation   

August 4, 2023

Rohingya refugees living in squalid and sprawling camps in Bangladesh are casting a skeptical eye on a Chinese initiative to facilitate their return to Myanmar, where they were subjected to a campaign of murder and burning by the same military forces that now rule the country, VOA reports. “We want to return home. However, under […]Continue Reading

Many global actors don’t want Rohingya be repatriated at this moment: Momen

August 2, 2023

NEWS DESK Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday said Myanmar is willing to take the Rohingyas but some foreign governments and international organizations do not support their repatriation at this moment. “They (international community) think it will not be wise to send back the Rohingyas to Myanmar until democracy is restored there,” he […]Continue Reading

EU hasn’t forgotten Rohingyas despite Rohingya crises: Gilmore

July 31, 2023

European Union’s Special Representative for Human Rights Eamon Gilmore has said they will talk to other countries about what more needs to be done to resolve the Rohingya crisis, and they are particularly conscious about the reductions in food rations that are being made this year. “It has to be resolved and it has to […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh seeks UNSC measures to end Israel’s illegal occupation in Palestine

July 29, 2023

NEWS DESK Concrete measures, consistent with Security Council Resolutions must be enacted in order to bring an end to this illegal Israeli occupation in Palestine territory and ensure lasting peace and justice for the people of Palestine, said Ambassador Muhammad Abdul Muhith, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York. He said […]Continue Reading