Arsa leader held on way to Jeddah with Bangladeshi passport

February 11, 2023

NEWS DESK Immigration police arrested Asadullah, a leader of Myanmar’s separatist organization Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (Arsa), on his way to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia using a Bangladeshi passport at Chittagong’s Shah Amanat International Airport on Friday evening. He was later handed over to Ukhyia police station early Saturday. Asadullah lives in Thankhali Continue Reading

US trying to ease pressure on Bangladesh from Rohingya crisis: Counselor Chollet

February 10, 2023

The issues related to the Rohingya crisis and overall security in the Indo-Pacific region are likely to get priority during Counselor of the US Department of State Derek Chollet’s Bangladesh visit next week. “We are deeply concerned about the situation in Myanmar which is only getting worse,” said Chollet ahead of the planned visit which […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh seeks engagement from all countries for sustainable Rohingya repatriation

February 10, 2023

Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen on Friday said Rohingya issue is risking regional peace and security and urged all the countries to actively engage with Myanmar for an early and sustainable repatriation of the Rohinagys to their homeland, Myanmar. He was addressing the 8th ministerial conference of the Bali Process on People Smuggling, […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh President seeks Belgium’s support for safe Rohingya repatriation

February 9, 2023

NEWS DESK President M Abdul Hamid has sought the cooperation of Belgium to accomplish a safe, peaceful and dignified repatriation of the displaced Rohingya people to their Rakhine state homeland in Myanmar. The president sought the support when the visiting Belgium Queen Mathilde paid a courtesy call on him at Bangabhaban in Dhaka on Wednesday […]Continue Reading

Turkish aid agency establishes another park for Rohingya children

January 20, 2023

NEWS DESK The Turkish International Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) on Thursday inaugurated another park for children at the Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh’s southern border district of Cox’s Bazar, Anadolu Agency reports. Turkish envoy in Dhaka, Mustafa Osman Turan, opened the park while Sevki Mert Baris, TIKA Coordinator in Bangladesh, attended the Continue Reading

Report of HRW on APBn is baseless: Home Minister

January 19, 2023

NEWS DESK Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said the recent report provided by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Armed Police Battalion (APBn) is baseless. “The report, provided by the HRW on the Bangladesh Police’s specialized unit APBn, is baseless . . . They should investigate properly before disseminating these types of information,” he […]Continue Reading

Slain militant’s ‘grave’ located, no body found: RAB

January 16, 2023

NEWS DESK Police have not found any dead body in the “grave of an Islamist militant” who was said to have been killed in Bandarban because of a fight between members of Jamatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya. Authorities discovered the “grave” in the remote hills of Muangmual Para in Ruma after suspects who had been […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh government believes in CHT people’s equal rights: Minister

January 15, 2023

STAFF REPORTER The government believes in the equal rights of people living in Chittagong Hill Tracts, Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim has said. “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina believes that the people in Chittagong Hill Tracts should constitutionally have the same rights as the Bengalis. In some cases, those falling behind should be given […]Continue Reading

3 Rohingya poets at Dhaka Lit Fest say they want to return home

January 6, 2023

NEWS DESK Attending the 10th edition of Dhaka Lit Fest, three Rohingya poets have expressed their desire to return home. Rohingya poets and photographers Abdullah Habib, Shahida Win, and Ayala Akter expressed such a desire in a discussion session titled “Alternate Voices” at the Bardhoman building in the Bangla Academy on the second day of […]Continue Reading

Risking death at sea, Rohingya Muslims seek safety in Indonesia

December 29, 2022

Crying with relief after a traumatic 40-day voyage to Indonesia in a leaky boat, Rohingya Muslim Fatimah bin Ismail held a mobile phone with shaky hands as she made a video call to relatives, Reuters reports. The 19-year-old was among 174 surviving Rohingya in the overloaded wooden fishing boat when it washed up on the […]Continue Reading