NEWS DESK General Waker-Uz-Zaman took charge as the new Chief of Army Staff on Sunday. He took the charge from his predecessor General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed, said an ISPR press release in the afternoon. Afterwards, Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman was adorned with the new rank badge of General in presence of Prime Minister […]Continue Reading
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STAFF CORRESPONDENT General S M Shafiuddin Ahmed, the outgoing Colonel Commandant of the Bangladesh Army’s East Bengal Regiment, Regiment of Artillery, and Corps of Military Police, was given a farewell reception at the East Bengal Regimental Centre in Chattogram Cantonment on Sunday. A smart contingent of soldiers from the three regiments performed a military parade Continue Reading
Army Chief General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed has announced that the Bangladesh Army is maintaining strict surveillance along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, ensuring the situation remains under control. He emphasized the readiness of the army, air force, and navy to defend the country’s sovereignty in any situation. Speaking at the flag-raising ceremony for the newly formed Continue Reading
COX’S BAZAR CORRESPONDENT A ship carrying essential supplies was dispatched to St. Martin’s Island from Cox’s Bazar on Friday to alleviate a food shortage caused by a week-long halt in ship operations on the Teknaf-St. Martin’s route due to ongoing conflicts in Myanmar. The 200 metric tons of rice, lentils, oil, and other essentials were […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK The government has named Chief of General Staff (CGS) Lieutenant General Waker-Uz-Zaman as the new Chief of Army Staff. “Chief of General Staff (CGS) Lieutenant General Waker-Uz-Zaman, OSP,SGP,PSC, has been promoted to general post and appointed as the Chief of Army Staff for three years from afternoon of June 23,” said a gazette […]Continue Reading
PALANGKHALI CORRESPONDENT Three Rohingya refugees were killed and three others injured in attacks conducted by rival groups at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar early Monday, authorities said. The violence erupted in the Ukhiya camp’s Block F around 3:45 am when members of the Rohingya Solidarity Organization (RSO) attacked Md Ilyas, 31, shooting him and […]Continue Reading
KHAGRACHARI CORRESPONDENT Khagrachari District Police have arrested two people, including a Chinese national, on charges of human trafficking. Early Sunday, police raided a flat in Uttara, Dhaka, and arrested Jisao Suhui, 34, a Chinese national. Five teenage girls were rescued during the raid. Later, Sumi Chakma, 36, the alleged ringleader, was also arrested. According to Continue Reading
STAFF CORRESPONDENT, KHAGRACHHARI Barun Bikash Chakma, a supporter of the UPDF Prasit Group, was shot and killed by rival gunmen in the Logang’s Hatimara area of Panchhari, Khagrachhari, on Saturday night. Angya Marma, the Khagrachhari district organizer for the UPDF Prasit Group, said that around 9pm, 3-4 armed assailants broke into Chakma’s home and shot […]Continue Reading
Fighting has intensified along Rakhine State’s border with Bangladesh in southern Maungdaw Township as the Arakan Army (AA) attacks border guard police positions to seize the entire township in the state’s northwest, residents of the township say, The Irrawaddy reports. They said the ethnic army is targeting border guard police positions in the township’s south […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the government will not allow new structures in the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar that ultimately caused ecological imbalance. “It would not be wise (decision) to allow new structure in Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar as environmental and ecological imbalance has already poised there due to […]Continue Reading