Bangladesh calls for peace, support to Palestine, Rohingya Repatriation

January 20, 2024

NEWS DESK Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud has called for the peaceful settlement of global disputes and the promotion of the culture of peace in the world. He remarked while speaking at the 19th NAM Summit in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, as the head of the Bangladesh delegation, a foreign ministry press release said […]Continue Reading

Thousands of Rohingyas endure harsh winter after Cox’s Bazar camp fire

January 20, 2024

NEWS DESK Some 5,000 Rohingya refugees are leading an inhumane life this winter after a fire earlier this month at Camp 5 in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya upazila destroyed their shelters. Around 1,000 shelters were gutted in that fire. Now the affected Rohingyas are spending their days under the open sky, with women and children most […]Continue Reading

NAM Summit: Bangladesh to raise Rohingya issue with Myanmar

January 17, 2024

Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said he will discuss the Rohingya issue with his Myanmar counterpart on the sidelines of the upcoming NAM Summit in the Ugandan capital Kampala. “Look, we are always trying diplomatically. We are increasing engagement with them (Myanmar). I am going to the NAM Summit. I am scheduled to meet […]Continue Reading

New minister Kujendra pledges harmony in CHT on first state visit

January 16, 2024

STAFF REPORTER, KHAGRACHHARI Kujendra Lal Tripura, the newly appointed Minister of State for Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs, has affirmed his commitment to ensuring peaceful coexistence and equitable distribution in the hills. “Together, we will secure a harmonious and fair environment in the hills,” he said during his first official visit to Khagrachhari on Continue Reading

Myanmar rebel group claims control of town bordering India, Bangladesh

January 15, 2024

An ethnic armed group in the western Myanmar state of Rakhine said it has taken control of a town bordering India and Bangladesh, marking the latest loss for the military government as it battles rebellion in several parts of the country, Reuters reports. Myanmar is in the throes of an insurgency on multiple fronts, where […]Continue Reading

Bandarban UP chairman allegedly kidnapped by KNF, freed after four hours

January 14, 2024

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT In a dramatic turn of events in Bandarban, Uhlamong Marma, chairman of Paindu Union Parishad, was allegedly kidnapped by the Kuki Chin National Front (KNF) and later released after four hours. The incident had initially occurred on Sunday, January 14th, while Uhlamong Marma was returning from Keukradong in Ruma upazila. He was abducted […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh wants Asean to do more to facilitate Rohingya repatriation

January 12, 2024

NEWS DESK Bangladesh Ambassador to Myanmar Md Monwar Hossain has expressed his hope that the Asean Chair will play even more of a positive role in facilitating the repatriation of more than one million displaced Rohingyas to their homeland. The Rohingyas fled from Rakhine state to Bangladesh in 2017 to escape a Myanmar crackdown on […]Continue Reading

Will work to ensure equal rights for all: Kujendra tells Parbatta News

January 11, 2024

PARBATTA NEWS REPORT Newly sworn-in State Minister for Chattogram Hill Tracts Affairs, Kujendra Lal Tripura, commits to promoting equality and communal harmony in the region.  Following his oath-taking at Bangabhaban on Thursday (11 January), he shared this commitment in his reaction to the editor of Parbatta News, the first and only news portal on Cox’s […]Continue Reading

Khagrachhari gets state minister after two decades

January 10, 2024

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, KHAGRACHHARI Kujendra Lal Tripura, re-elected MP from Khagrachhari, has been nominated as State Minister, with the Cabinet confirming his appointment on Wednesday night.  The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled for Thursday at Ganabhaban.  Tripura’s appointment marks an end to a twenty-two-year absence of state ministerial representation for Continue Reading

AL sweeps CHT in general elections

January 7, 2024

STAFF REPORTERS, KHAGRACHHARI, RANGAMATI AND BANDARBAN The Awami League has secured a resounding victory in all three constituencies of the Chattogram Hill Tracts in Bangladesh’s 12th parliamentary elections. Khagrachhari In Khagrachhari-298, Awami League’s Kujendra Lal Tripura won his third term with 220,816 votes. His challengers from the Jatiya Party, Continue Reading