Myanmar quake death toll passes 1,600, as junta lets in foreign rescuers

March 28, 2025

Myanmar’s military rulers let in hundreds of foreign rescue personnel on Saturday after an earthquake killed more than 1,600 people, the deadliest natural disaster to hit the impoverished, war-torn country in years, REUTERS reports. Friday’s 7.7 magnitude quake, among the biggest to jolt the Southeast Asian nation in the last century, crippled airports, bridges Continue Reading

Rohingyas to get $12 monthly food aid as WFP reverses decision

March 27, 2025

NEWS DESK The World Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations has reversed its decision to reduce food aid for Rohingyas residing in Bangladesh’s refugee camps, following concerns over the impact of the cut. In the latest development, the residents of various camps along the coast of Cox’s Bazar will now receive a monthly food […]Continue Reading

50 towers in the mountains closed due to ‘sabotage’: Robi

March 27, 2025

NEWS DESK Mobile network operator Robi has said more than 50 of its towers in Bangladesh’s hilly regions have been shut down over the past three months due to power and fibre cable cuts. In a media statement on Thursday, the company claimed miscreants had an “extortion motive” behind such activities. “The criminal ring has […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh Army rejects India Today’s report on ‘possibility of coup’

March 25, 2025

NEWS DESK Bangladesh Army has strongly refuted a report published by India Today over an “emergency meeting” of army over a possible coup against Chief Adviser Mohammad Yunus calling it “false and fabricated.” It has come to the attention of the Bangladesh Army that India Today has once again published a report based on false […]Continue Reading

Army dismisses Hasnat’s Facebook post as ‘hilarious and immature stories’: Netra News

March 23, 2025

NEWS DESK The Bangladesh Army has denied allegations made by Hasnat Abdullah, chief organiser (south) of the National Citizen Party (NCP), where he claimed senior military officials pressured him and two others to accept a so-called “refined” faction of the Awami League (AL), reports Netra News. In a statement shared with Netra News, the Army […]Continue Reading

Media Reform Commission uses ‘Adivasi’ term despite govt ban

March 23, 2025

STAFF REPORTER The Media Reform Commission, formed under the current government, has used the term Adivasi in its report submitted to Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, despite longstanding government directives against such usage. Since 2005, successive administrations have issued multiple circulars instructing state agencies and the media not to refer to the country’s Continue Reading

KNF claims four JLA members killed in Rangamati gunfight 

March 20, 2025

SOCIAL MEDIA DESK The Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) claimed Wednesday that four members of the Jumma National Army (JLA) were killed in a gunfight between the two groups in Rangamati’s Meetingachhari. In a Facebook post, KNF said the clash took place at 5 am and was confirmed by its intelligence unit, IIB. According to the […]Continue Reading

‘Indigenous demand’ part of anti-Bangladesh plot: PCCP

March 18, 2025

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, RANGAMATI That ethnic minorities demand they be recognised as ‘indigenous’ is part of a conspiracy against Bangladesh, the Rangamati unit of the Parbatya Chattogram Chhatra Parishad (PCCP) alleged on Tuesday. In a memorandum submitted to the Chief Adviser through the deputy commissioner, the PCCP called for those using the term Continue Reading

Tulsi Gabbard’s remarks misleading and damaging: Bangladesh govt

March 17, 2025

NEWS DESK Reacting to remarks made by DNI Tulsi Gabbard, the interim government on Monday said groundlessly linking Bangladesh to the idea of an “Islamist caliphate” undermines the hard work of countless Bangladeshis and their friends and partners around the world who are committed to peace, stability and progress. In a statement shared by the […]Continue Reading

Necessary dialogue must take place with Arakan Army: Guterres

March 15, 2025

NEWS DESK UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday said the Arakan Army is an entity with which he believes a “necessary dialogue must take place” but stressed that it would be “extremely difficult” to have an immediate “dignified return” of the Rohingya refugees amid heavy fighting between the Myanmar Army and Arakan Army. Continue Reading