“We will all live together in peace – hill people, Bengalis, and tribals alike”: Army Chief

August 17, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS ONLINE DESK Chief of Army Staff General Waker-uz-Zaman on Saturday said Bangladesh belongs to all communities, and people of every faith and ethnicity have long lived together in harmony. “This country belongs to everyone. For hundreds of years, Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, Christians, hill people, Bengalis and tribals have coexisted peacefully in this land. Continue Reading

Salahuddin Ahmed urges vigilance against ‘conspiracies’ over CHT

August 10, 2025

NAZRUL ISLAM BASHIR, STAFF REPORTER BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed has called for heightened vigilance to prevent what he described as national or international conspiracies involving the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). Speaking at a roundtable in Dhaka on Saturday (9 August), Ahmed expressed concern over recent incidents, including those involving the Kuki Continue Reading

Bangladesh’s Position: Ethnic Communities Are Not Indigenous

August 8, 2025

SAYED IBN RAHMAT The Government of Bangladesh has reiterated its formal stance against the use of the term ‘Adivasi’ (indigenous) in reference to ethnic communities residing in the country. Over the years, various ministries have issued official circulars directing relevant authorities and stakeholders not to use the term, citing the Fifteenth Amendment to the Continue Reading

Awami League ‘party office’ set up in Kolkata: BBC

August 8, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK The Awami League has opened an office in a commercial complex in a suburb near Kolkata, West Bengal, for leaders who left Bangladesh after the Aug 5, 2024 mass uprising, BBC Bangla has reported. Citing party sources, the report said the office is used by senior and mid-level leaders of the Awami […]Continue Reading

CA Prof Yunus to write CEC to arrange national election in February

August 6, 2025

NEWS DESK Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday said he, on behalf of the interim government, will send a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner so that the Election Commission can hold the national election before the next Ramadan in February next. “Now it is our turn to fulfill our final duty – holding […]Continue Reading

Prof Yunus unveils ‘July Declaration’, says it reflects people’s aspirations

August 6, 2025

NEWS DESK Unveiling the ‘July Declaration’, a crucial political document, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday said the people of Bangladesh expressed their expectations to protect the rights of the present and the future generations through an environmental friendly, climate resilient, sustainable and inclusive development strategy. “Therefore, the people of Continue Reading

No one to be allowed to ‘kill democracy’ or ‘bring back fascism’, warns Tarique  

August 6, 2025

NEWS DESK BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Tuesday unequivocally said no one will be allowed to ‘murder democracy’ or ‘bring back fascism’ again in Bangladesh. “An unprecedented national unity against fascism has been formed on the blood-stained streets through the sacrifices of our thousands of martyrs. Fascism will never return to Bangladesh. No one […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh freed from Hasina’s autocracy in stiff mass resistance Aug 5

August 5, 2025

NEWS DESK Bangladesh was finally freed from Sheikh Hasina’s autocracy in the face of massive people’s resistance and supreme sacrifice on August 5 as she fled to India bowing down to an unprecedented student-people uprising, ending her almost 16 years authoritarian rule.  The downfall of Sheikh Hasina was in a culmination of hundreds of people’s […]Continue Reading

Chief Adviser to present election roadmap, address the nation on Aug 5

August 4, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus will announce the long-anticipated July Declaration and outline a roadmap for the next national election on Aug 5, according to a report published Sunday in Bangladesh Pratidin. The announcement is scheduled for 5 pm at the South Plaza of the National Parliament on Manik Mia Avenue, where […]Continue Reading

Govt report alleges plot to destabilise CHT by Santu Larma, Monogeet

July 27, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK A government security report, accessed by Amar Desh, has alleged that senior leaders of the Parbatya Chattogram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS), including Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma (Santu Larma), are involved in a coordinated plot to destabilise the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), reportedly with the backing of Indian intelligence agencies. According to the Continue Reading