Rohingya repatriation: Dhaka seeks proactive role from Indonesia, ASEAN

July 4, 2022

NEWS DESK Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has urged Indonesia and the ASEAN to play a proactive role to facilitate early repatriation of the displaced Rohingya people currently sheltered in Bangladesh on humanitarian grounds. He reiterated that the problem was created by Myanmar and it has to be solved by Myanmar as well. “The […]Continue Reading

Rohingya refugees provide aid to flood victims in Sylhet

July 3, 2022

NEWS DESK Registered Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have come forward to provide 400 flood-affected families with cash and emergency flood relief supplies, to show solidarity with the host population. Moved by social and mainstream media reports of the displacement of millions of people because of the recent flooding in Sylhet, young Rohingya refugees, both men […]Continue Reading

Amid threat of KNF attacks, 23 families flee to Bandarban from Rangamati

July 1, 2022

STAFF REPORTER Fearing for their safety amid attack threats by Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), more than 23 families from several neighbourhoods of Barathali Union in Rangamati’s Bilachhari Upazila have taken refuge in the neighbouring Bandarban. They moved to Roangchhari Upazila in Bandarban, adjacent to Barathali. Later, they took shelter in different parts of Continue Reading

Role of headmen in maintaining CHT’s peace and order is immense: Brigadier Ziaul Haque

June 30, 2022

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT Bandarban Army Region Commander Brigadier General Md Ziaul Haque has said the army is working tirelessly for the country and their contribution remaining at the forefront has set a remarkable example, underscoring the need for the army’s contribution in the Chattogram Hill Tracts. He was addressing as the chief guest at the Headmen’s […]Continue Reading

PM Hasina to discuss Rohingya repatriation with Modi in upcoming India visit

June 30, 2022

NEWS DESK The repatriation of Rohingyas is likely to figure on the agenda of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during her upcoming visit to India, scheduled in September this year, NDTV reports citing India’s ANI news agency. Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen in an exclusive interview with ANI said that PM Hasina, who will […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh asks UK to resettle one lakh Rohingya refugees

June 30, 2022

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has proposed Britain, as a global leader in justice and human rights, for resettling one lakh Myanmar Rohingyas currently sheltered in Bangladesh to lessen the unfair Rohingya burden on Dhaka. He made the proposal while holding a bilateral meeting with his British counterpart Elizabeth Truss in Kigali on the […]Continue Reading

Religious conversions hit Rohingya camp in India’s Bengaluru

June 26, 2022

NEWS DESK While religious conversions in Karnataka have hit national headlines since late last year prompting the state government to bring in a new legislation following claims by Hindu organisations that a heavy influx of Christian missionaries was targeting poor Hindus, Rohingya Muslims are now being taken into the ‘Protestant’ Christian fold. At a camp […]Continue Reading

Padma Bridge: Dream comes true

June 25, 2022

NEWS DESK Bangladesh today witnessed its dream coming true as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina opened its longest bridge, overcoming three pronged challenges – financial, engineering and political. Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the bridge on one of world’s mightiest rivers connecting southwestern Bangladesh with the capital and other parts while both the streams are Continue Reading

WB calls Padma Bridge “matter of glory” for Bangladesh

June 25, 2022

NEWS DESK World Bank vice-president Junaid Kamal Ahmed has called construction of the Padma Bridge with domestic financing a “matter of glory” for Bangladesh, over a decade after the lending agency cancelled its promised funding for the project, smelling corruption, which eventually appeared unfounded. “The construction of Padma Bridge is a matter of glory for […]Continue Reading

ADB approves $41.4m grant to help Rohingyas in Bangladesh

June 22, 2022

NEWS DESK The Asian Development Bank has sanctioned a grant of $41.4 million for infrastructure development and meeting the basic needs of the Rohingyas, who took shelter in Cox’s Bazar after being persecuted in Myanmar. A total of 200 water and sanitation facilities along with three solid waste management facilities will be built with the […]Continue Reading