Adviser Supradip stresses timely utilisation of budget for CHT development

July 15, 2025

STAFF CORRESPONDENT Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Adviser Supradip Chakma has said that returning unused portions of additional budget allocations hampers development efforts and stressed the need to ensure timely and effective utilisation of the budget. He made the remarks while speaking at a discussion marking the 27th founding anniversary of the Ministry of Chittagong Continue Reading

New political body launched to advocate for Rohingya rights

July 14, 2025

NEWS DESK A group of Rohingya leaders from Myanmar, refugee camps in Bangladesh, and the global diaspora have launched a new political body aimed at unifying and advancing the political struggle of the persecuted minority, Anadolu Agency reports. The Arakan Rohingya National Council (ARNC), officially launched on Sunday, said it will represent the Rohingya people […]Continue Reading

China, Canada pledge deeper trade ties, continued Rohingya support

July 11, 2025

NEWS DESK China and Canada have expressed their commitment to strengthening trade, investment, and humanitarian cooperation with Bangladesh while assuring continued support to address the protracted Rohingya crisis. The assurances came during separate meetings between Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain and the Foreign Ministers of China and Canada on the sidelines Continue Reading

Hasina ordered lethal crackdown, leaked audio verified by BBC shows

July 9, 2025

A deadly crackdown on student-led protests in Bangladesh last year was authorised by then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, according to audio of one of her phone calls verified by BBC Eye, the investigative unit of the BBC World Service, BBC reports. In the audio, which was leaked online in March, Hasina says she authorised her […]Continue Reading

Shefalika Tripura made acting head of Khagrachari council

July 9, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Shefalika Tripura has been appointed acting chairman of the Khagrachari Hill District Council. The Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs made the appointment under the 1989 council law. A circular issued on Sunday said she will serve until further notice. The move follows an order asking current chairman Jiruna Tripura to step […]Continue Reading

Election delay anti-democratic, it goes against July-August spirit: Fakhrul

July 7, 2025

NEWS DESK BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said those who want to delay the election are certainly not pro-democratic or supporters of the July-August revolution. “People want an immediate election. We have said this many times before, and we are saying it again. Those who want to delay the election are […]Continue Reading

BNP sources says Tarique Rahman may return home by August

July 5, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Tarique Rahman, acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), may return to the country by the end of August, party sources say. No official date has been confirmed, but BNP leaders say preparations are underway both within the party and at the national level. According to a report published in a […]Continue Reading

Two killed, including KNA commander, in army operation in Bandarban

July 3, 2025

Two people, including a KNA commander, were killed and one injured in an army operation in Ruma, Bandarban in the early morning of Thursday. A large quantity of weapons, ammunition, and equipment was also recovered, according to a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). The operation, which has been underway for 48 hours based […]Continue Reading

Abu Sayeed’s martyrdom played decisive role in dictatorship fall: Nahid Islam

July 1, 2025

NEWS DESK Central convener of National Citizens Party (NCP) Nahid Islam has said the martyrdom of Abu Sayeed on July 16 last year (2024) had played a decisive role in the fall of the dictatorship. “On July 1, 2024, the democratic anti-discrimination student movement began. Thousands of students, youth and public, including Abu Sayeed, joined […]Continue Reading

Khaleda Zia calls for maintaining unity to institutionalise democracy

July 1, 2025

NEWS DESK Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on Tuesday called for maintaining unity to institutionalize democracy. “We must ensure that this stream of blood of July uprising heroes (martyrs) and the stream of tears of mothers do not go in vain. Unity must be maintained. Let us all together realize the dream […]Continue Reading