Rohingya youth confesses to killing four refugees in video message

September 28, 2022

DESK REPORT A young man named Md Hashim (21) described how four majhis (leaders) of the Rohingya camp in Ukhia of Cox’s Bazar were killed and on whose instigation. In a video, which has gone viral on social media Facebook, he is seen holding a weapon and describing how one of the four men was […]Continue Reading

Rohingya refugees must go back home: PM Hasina

September 28, 2022

NEWS DESK Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said everyone needs to understand the reality that the forcibly displaced Rohingyas are becoming a huge burden for Bangladesh and they must go back home. “They (Rohingyas) need to go back to their own country. Everyone needs to understand (the situation). —it is not possible for us to […]Continue Reading

China assures Bangladesh of holding back Myanmar

September 26, 2022

NEWS DESK China on Monday assured Bangladesh that it would talk to Myanmar authorities to maintain peace along the border with Bangladesh. The Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh, Li Jiming, gave the assurance in a meeting with acting foreign secretary Rear Admiral (Retired) Md Khurshed Alam at his office in the ministry. The meeting was held […]Continue Reading

PM gets emotional while talking about Rohingyas’ plight at UNGA

September 25, 2022

NEWS DESK Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina broke down and was overwhelmed with emotion in New York Thursday (Sept 23, 2022) while talking about the everyday ordeals of the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals – Rohingyas. She was speaking at a high-level meeting on the Rohingya crisis at a hotel. “She (PM) could not control her tears […]Continue Reading

PM urges UN, global partners to take tangible actions for Rohingya repatriation

September 22, 2022

NEWS DESK Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed her grave concerns over the holdup in Rohingya repatriation as the international attention is gradually shifting from the issue to newer global and internal conflicts in Myanmar, calling upon the UN and global community to take effective measures for their sustainable repatriation to their motherland. “The UN […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh Army ready to respond to Myanmar if needed: Army chief

September 21, 2022

NEWS DESK Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday held a high-level meeting with the security and law enforcement agencies at his secretariat office to examine the situation on the Myanmar border. Following the closed-door meeting, the minister said that Bangladesh’s army and other forces were ready to defend the country as they were entrusted. ‘We […]Continue Reading

Myanmar firings along Bangladesh border widen

September 20, 2022

NEWS DESK Firings along Bangladesh-Myanmar border became wider by Tuesday — stretching for about seven kilometres from Naikhyangchhari in Bandarban to Ukhyia in Cox’s Bazar, causing fresh tensions among civilians. As firings continued along border, Bangladesh on the day briefed diplomats from different countries outside the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on the Continue Reading

Bangladesh plans to evacuate 300 families amid tensions along Myanmar border

September 19, 2022

NEWS DESK The local administration is planning to evacuate members of 300 Bangladeshi families in Ghumdhum union along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban following firings and mortar shelling near the Tombru border for the last one month. Naikhongchhari Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Salma Ferdous said there are about 70 Bangladeshi Continue Reading

Rohingya leader Mohibullah murder accused dies in Ctg jail

September 19, 2022

NEWS DESK One of the accused in Rohingya leader Mohibullah murder case has died at Chattogram central jail. The deceased was identified as Moulovi Jokoria, 53, son of late Abdul Karim of Block D/8 in Rohingya camp of Ukhiya upazila in Cox’s Bazar district. Chattogram Jail’s Deputy Jailer Monir Hossain said Jokoria was a cancer […]Continue Reading

Population Census 2022: A CHT demographic analysis

September 19, 2022

SAYED IBN RAHMAT A comparative analysis of the preliminary report of the Population and Household Census 2022 recently released by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) and the census report of 2011 shows that the Bengali population has increased while the non-Bengali/small ethnic population has decreased in Chattogram Hill Tracts. According to the preliminary report Continue Reading