President seeks India’s ‘more effective’ steps to solve Rohingya crisis

May 2, 2023

NEWS DESK President Mohammed Shahabuddin today (May 2) urged India to take “more effective” steps to ensure a safe and dignified repatriation of the forcibly displaced Rohingyas to their Rakhine state homeland in Myanmar. He came up with the call as Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pranay Kumar Verma paid a courtesy call on him […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh Army Chief visits passing out parade in India

April 30, 2023

Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed reviewed the passing out parade at the Officer’s Training Academy at Chinnai on the third day of his official visit to India on Saturday. After inspecting the parade, General Shafiuddin interacted with the media and answered their various questions, said a press release. Later, he attended the […]Continue Reading

Japan can mediate return of Rohingyas to Myanmar: PM

April 28, 2023

NEWS DESK Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Japan could mediate and help return the Rohingyas to their homeland Myanmar as it has a benign influence in this region. “Now they [Rohingyas] are becoming a security threat to Bangladesh and to the entire region. Japan, with its benign influence in the region, could mediate and […]Continue Reading

Dhaka, Tokyo for safe, sustainable Rohingya repatriation for regional peace

April 27, 2023

NEWS DESK Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Japanese counterpart Kishida Fumio have shared the view that protracted displacement of the Rohingyas will lead to increased burden on the host communities and instability in the region. Both the leaders stressed realising a “sustainable, safe, voluntary and dignified” repatriation of the displaced persons to Continue Reading

Dhaka sees hope for Rohingya repatriation in latest Beijing initiative

April 18, 2023

NEWS DESK Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday reiterated his hope that the Rohingyas will start returning to their place of origin in Myanmar acknowledging that he had a discussion on the issue with the Chinese side recently. “Yes, we had a courtesy meeting (with a Chinese special envoy). Surely, there was a […]Continue Reading

‘Baisabi’ begins in hilly districts

April 12, 2023

NEWS DESK The celebrations of ‘Baisabi’ festival, marking the inauguration of Chakma ‘Phool Bijhu’, Tripura ‘Boisu’ and the Marma community’s ‘Sangrai’ festivals, began on Tuesday in the Chittagong Hill Tracts with much enthusiasm. The celebrations began with immersing flowers by local MP Ushaton Talukdar in Kaptai Lake in the morning. Baisabi is considered to be […]Continue Reading

Bangladeshi loses leg in landmine blast at Myanmar border

April 4, 2023

BAISHARI CORRESPONDENT A 48-year-old man has had the lower part of his left leg blown away in a landmine explosion at Nikuchhari in Bandarban’s Naikhangchhari upazila, bordering Myanmar.  The incident took place somewhere between Pillar No 42 and 43 around 2:00pm on Tuesday (April 4). The wounded was identified as Md Surut Alam, son of […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh says Myanmar must build trust, safety for Rohingya repatriation

April 4, 2023

The government in Myanmar must build trust and ensure safety for Rohingya refugees, Bangladesh’s refugee commissioner has said following calls to suspend the community’s potential return to their homeland. Bangladesh has been hosting and providing humanitarian support to 1.2 million Rohingya Muslims, most of whom fled violence and persecution in neighboring Myanmar during Continue Reading

Rohingya Crisis: US committed to long-term solutions

April 1, 2023

NEWS DESK US President Joe Biden has said his country made a commitment to finding long-term solutions to the Rohingya refugee crisis and holding perpetrators of the atrocities accountable. “You set an example for the world of empathy and generosity in practice,” the US president wrote to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The US embassy in […]Continue Reading

HRW urges Bangladesh to halt Rohingya repatriation plan

April 1, 2023

NEWS  DESK Human Rights Watch on Friday (March 31) urged Bangladesh to suspend plans to repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, warning conditions there would not be safe for the persecuted and stateless minority. Bangladesh is home to around a million Rohingya, most of whom fled a 2017 military crackdown in neighbouring Myanmar that is now […]Continue Reading