Constitutional recognition of national minorities demanded

August 9, 2023

NEWS DESK Politicians, academics, professionals, and national minority leaders on Wednesday at a discussion demanded constitutional recognition of the national minorities as ‘‘indigenous’ people’. Bangladesh Adivasi Forum organised the discussion as part of its day-long programmes at the Central Shaheed Minar premises to mark the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Continue Reading

PCCP calls for ensuring parbattanews.com editor’s security amid death threats

August 7, 2023

STAFF REPORTER Parbatta Chattogram Chhatra Parishad (PCCP) has demanded that security be ensured for Mehadi Hassan Palash, the editor at parbattanews.com, as he faces a series of death threats from numerous Facebook IDs, pages, groups, and IDs linked to a hill tracts terrorist group. The Rangamati chapter of PCCP issued a statement on Monday (August […]Continue Reading

Resettlement Programme: US efforts underway to take most vulnerable Rohingyas

August 5, 2023

NEWS DESK The United States (US) has planned to establish a resettlement programme that will enable the most vulnerable Rohingya refugees to relocate to the US. “We are pleased to be coordinating with the government of Bangladesh and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to establish a resettlement programme,” said US Ambassador to […]Continue Reading

Rohingya refugees wary as China develops plan for repatriation   

August 4, 2023

Rohingya refugees living in squalid and sprawling camps in Bangladesh are casting a skeptical eye on a Chinese initiative to facilitate their return to Myanmar, where they were subjected to a campaign of murder and burning by the same military forces that now rule the country, VOA reports. “We want to return home. However, under […]Continue Reading

KNF and peace committee hold second round of talks in Bandarban

August 4, 2023

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT In an effort to bring peace to the hills amid the ongoing situation, the second dialogue between the Shaanti Pratishtha Committee (Peace Establishment Committee) and Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) took place in Bandarban on the Zoom platform, lasting for three hours. During the talks, both the sides reached an agreement to cease shootings, […]Continue Reading

Many global actors don’t want Rohingya be repatriated at this moment: Momen

August 2, 2023

NEWS DESK Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday said Myanmar is willing to take the Rohingyas but some foreign governments and international organizations do not support their repatriation at this moment. “They (international community) think it will not be wise to send back the Rohingyas to Myanmar until democracy is restored there,” he […]Continue Reading

EU hasn’t forgotten Rohingyas despite Rohingya crises: Gilmore

July 31, 2023

European Union’s Special Representative for Human Rights Eamon Gilmore has said they will talk to other countries about what more needs to be done to resolve the Rohingya crisis, and they are particularly conscious about the reductions in food rations that are being made this year. “It has to be resolved and it has to […]Continue Reading

Two ex-UPDF leaders found shot dead in Khagrachhari

July 26, 2023

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, KHAGRACHHARI AND MATIRANGA CORRESPONDENT Two former leaders of UPDF (Democratic) have been found shot to death in the Alutila Germplasm area of Matiranga upazila in Khagrachhari. They were identified as Alopam Chakma (47), son of Rajnikant Chakma from Madhupur area in Khagrachhari Sadar, and Pritimoy, 46, son of Gnanamoy Chakma from Dighinala’s Continue Reading

RAB probing possible links between KNF and Nur

July 24, 2023

NEWS DESK Detectives are looking into the connection between separatist group Kuki Chin National Front (KNF) and Nurul Haque Nur, leader of a faction of Gono Odhikar Parishad. RAB Legal and Media Wing Director Commander Khandaker Al Moin gave this information to reporters at a press conference at RAB media centre in the capital’s Karwan […]Continue Reading

Rohingya activists call for more international pressure on Myanmar

July 22, 2023

Rohingya activists in Bangladesh are calling on the international community to increase pressure on Myanmar following a renewed call at the UN for safe and sustainable repatriation of the persecuted minority to their homeland, Arab News reports. Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar have endured decades of systematic discrimination and persecution, including the Continue Reading