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

Nation goes to 12th JS polls today

January 6, 2024

NEWS DESK The Election Commission (EC) has completed all preparations to hold the 12th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) elections in a free, fair and peaceful manner in all but one constituency simultaneously across the country today. EC officials said 11,96,89,289 voters, including 6,76,09,741 male, 5,89,18,699 female and 849 transgender, will vote to elect 299 members of […]Continue Reading

4 killed as Benapole Express train set on fire in Dhaka

January 5, 2024

NEWS DESK At least four people, including two children, were killed and several others were injured as Benapole Express was set on fire in the capital Dhaka’s Gopibagh tonight. “We recovered four bodies. Of them, two were children,” said Brig Gen Md Main Uddin, director general of Fire Service and Civil Defence. The fire was […]Continue Reading

UN to boost food ration for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

January 2, 2024

The United Nations will increase the food ration for each Rohingya refugee in Bangladesh by $2 a month, to $10, from Jan. 1, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday, as it thanked donors for coming to the rescue of a cash-strapped effort, reports Reuters. The United Nations had cut food aid last year […]Continue Reading

Indonesian navy pushes back Rohingya refugee boat off Aceh

December 29, 2023

The Indonesian navy has pushed back a boat carrying Rohingya refugees as it approached the coast of Aceh amid resentment among some residents about a sudden increase in boat arrivals, Al Jazeera reports. The military said the coastguard first detected the wooden vessel entering Indonesian waters on Wednesday, before the navy ship KRI Bontang-907 located […]Continue Reading

Boat carrying suspected Rohingyas intercepted in Andaman

December 26, 2023

A boat carrying at least 142 suspected Rohingya refugees, including women and children, was intercepted by coastal security agencies near Shaheed Dweep in Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Sunday, police said. The boat left from Bangladesh around 14-15 days ago and was on its way to Indonesia, they said, PTI reports. On Sunday morning, the […]Continue Reading

‘Pray for us’: Eyewitnesses reveal first clues about a missing boat with up to 200 Rohingya refugees

December 23, 2023

Their screams and sobs could be heard from the ailing boat soon after it emerged into view amid the vastness of the Andaman Sea. Crowded on board were tiny babies and children, alongside mothers and fathers begging to be saved, AP reports. The passengers were ethnic Rohingya Muslims who had fled surging gang violence and […]Continue Reading