Four killed in UPDF-JSS gunfight in Khagrachari, say police

July 26, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK At least four people have been killed in an armed clash between members of the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF–Prasit faction) and the Parbatya Chattogram Jana Samhati Samiti (JSS–Santu faction) in Khagrachhari’s Dighinala upazila, according to police. The gunfight broke out around 8:30pm on Friday in the remote Sindhu Karbaripara area of Continue Reading

Death toll from Dhaka aircraft crash rises to 31: ISPR

July 23, 2025

NEWS DESK The death toll from the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) aircraft crash rose to 31 on Tuesday, according to the Inter Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR). In a press release issued on Tuesday noon, ISPR shared the hospital-wise list of casualties. According to the press release: ·         Kuwait Maitree Hospital: […]Continue Reading

Pilot among 20 dead, 171 injured in Uttata aircraft crash: ISPR

July 21, 2025

NEWS DESK At least 20 people have died and 171 others injured after a Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) aircraft crashed into a building of Milestone School and College in Uttara, according to the Inter Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR). Injured pilot Flight Lieutenant Toukir Islam Sagar died at Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka, it said. […]Continue Reading

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