At least 69 Rohingya refugees rescued after boat capsizes off Indonesia

March 21, 2024

At least 69 Rohingya refugees have been rescued after a wooden boat with an estimated 150 people on board capsized off the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province, Al Jazeera reports. The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS Aceh) said on Thursday that 42 men, 18 women and nine children were brought to […]Continue Reading

Pirates make maiden contact with MV Abdullah’s owner

March 20, 2024

NEWS DESK The pirates who had hijacked Bangladeshi ship MV Abdullah with 23 crew contacted the owners of the vessel for the first time after nine days on Wednesday. Mizanul Islam, a media adviser of KSRM Group, said, “The pirates contacted us this afternoon, but they did not demand anything.” “We have talked about the […]Continue Reading

Over 20 Rohingya villagers killed as Myamar junta warplane attacks village in Rakhine

March 19, 2024

Twenty-three Rohingya residents were killed and 33 injured in an unprovoked bombing raid by the military regime on Monday in Minbya Township in western Myanmar’s Rakhine State, according to residents, The Irrawaddy reports. A junta warplane dropped two bombs early Monday morning on Thardar Village, residents said. A faith leader and his wife, and a […]Continue Reading

Somali forces, foreign navies prepare attack on hijacked Bangladeshi ship, police say

March 18, 2024

Somali police and international navies were preparing on Monday to attack a commercial ship that was hijacked by pirates last week, the Puntland region’s police force said, two days after Indian commandos rescued another cargo vessel held by pirates, Reuters reports. The MV Abdullah was hijacked off the coast of Somalia last week, the latest […]Continue Reading

Myanmar border guards mass at Bangladesh border amid escalating conflict

March 17, 2024

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT Over one hundred members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) are poised to enter Bangladesh, driven by escalating violence between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army rebel group. Fearing for their safety, the BGP members are amassing at the Jamchhari border crossing. The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has taken immediate action to […]Continue Reading

State Minister Kujendra urges rapid completion of CHT projects

March 16, 2024

STAFF REPORTER State Minister for Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Affairs Kujendra Lal Tripura has called for the swift completion of development projects in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Attending meetings was not enough; officials must be proactive in understanding and implementing strategies for rapid project completion, he said on Thursday. Mr Tripura was speaking at a […]Continue Reading

Pirates move hijacked Bangladeshi ship from last known location: Owners

March 15, 2024

NEWS DESK The pirates who hijacked the Bangladeshi-flagged cargo ship MV Abdullah in the Indian Ocean shifted it this afternoon from its last known location near the Somalian coast. After it was hijacked by pirates suspected to be Somalians around noon (Bangladesh time) on Tuesday, the ship at first anchored around 20 nautical miles off […]Continue Reading

Hijacked Bangladeshi ship anchors near Somalian port: BMMOA

March 14, 2024

NEWS DESK The hijacked Bangladeshi-flagged cargo ship has anchored 20 miles off the Somalian port of Garacad, Bangladesh Merchant Marine Officers’ Association (BMMOA) said this afternoon. The latest position of the ship was confirmed by a global shipping source that is monitoring its movement, BMMOA General Secretary Md Shakawat Hossain said around 1:00pm. The vessel Continue Reading

21 Myanmar troops await refuge in Bangladesh amid border fire

March 12, 2024

NAIKHONGCHHARI CORRESPONDENT At the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, 21 Myanmar military members are set to seek refuge following intense gunfire and a clash with the Arakan Army, which already saw 179 soldiers flee into Bangladesh. Among the escapees, Tu Yo Mong, 42, mentioned that a group still hides near the border, aiming for refuge. The Border Guard […]Continue Reading

Another 179 BGP members take refuge in Bangladesh

March 12, 2024

Amidst the conflict over control of the border in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, 179 armed members of the Border Guard Police (BGP), Myanmar’s equivalent of the BGB, took refuge in Bangladesh with their lives at stake on Monday. Early in the morning, they arrived in Pillar-46, and in the evening, they moved to Pillar-45 in the […]Continue Reading