Report of HRW on APBn is baseless: Home Minister

January 19, 2023

NEWS DESK Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said the recent report provided by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Armed Police Battalion (APBn) is baseless. “The report, provided by the HRW on the Bangladesh Police’s specialized unit APBn, is baseless . . . They should investigate properly before disseminating these types of information,” he […]Continue Reading

Two shot dead as Rohingya factions fight at Bangladesh-Myanmar border zero line

January 18, 2023

NAIKHONGCHHARI, BAISHARI CORRESPONDENTS Two people have died as Myanmar’s Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army and Rohingya Solidarity Organization engaged in a fierce shootout at a Rohingya camp near the Tambru zero-line near Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Bandarban’s Naikhongchhari. One of the dead was identified as Hamid Ullah, 27, an inhabitant of the camp. The other couldn’t Continue Reading

Bangladesh government believes in CHT people’s equal rights: Minister

January 15, 2023

STAFF REPORTER The government believes in the equal rights of people living in Chittagong Hill Tracts, Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim has said. “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina believes that the people in Chittagong Hill Tracts should constitutionally have the same rights as the Bengalis. In some cases, those falling behind should be given […]Continue Reading

Human trafficking: 26 Rohingyas rescued in Cox’s Bazar

January 13, 2023

NEWS DESK Police rescued 26 Rohingyas, including women and children, who were being trafficked to Malaysia and Thailand via the Teknaf coast of Cox’s Bazar on Thursday, Jan 11, 2023. The Rohingyas, living in different Rohingya refugee camps in Ukhiya and Teknaf, were rescued after conducting a drive at the home of Mohammad Shafiq in […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh reiterates call for Rohingya repatriation on Myanmar Independence Day

January 4, 2023

Bangladesh has reiterated its call for the repatriation of Rohingyas to their homeland Myanmar in a safe and sustainable manner. “Bangladesh hopes to be relieved from the colossal burden of sheltering displaced Myanmar residents through arranging their long pending safe, dignified, voluntary, and sustainable repatriation to their homeland,” said the Ministry of Continue Reading

‘2023 should be Rohingya Home Year,’ demand Rohingya refugees

December 31, 2022

“2023 should be Rohingya Home Year,” read a placard held up by a refugee boy as nearly 1,000 Rohingya people in Bangladesh’s refugee camp in the southern border district of Cox’s Bazar on Saturday held a rally, demanding a peaceful and dignified return to their home country of Myanmar’s Rakhine State, Anadolu Agency reports. Carrying […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh tries to stop Rohingya risking their lives at sea: Official

December 28, 2022

Bangladesh is trying to stop Rohingya refugees risking their lives in boats to Southeast Asia, a government official said, amid fears that this year could be one of the most deadly in years for the persecuted Muslims from Myanmar seeking new lives, Reuters reports. A boat washed ashore in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Monday carrying […]Continue Reading

PM Hasina seeks Turkish cooperation in Rohingya repatriation

December 27, 2022

NEWS DESK Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Dec 27) sought robust Turkish investment alongside cooperation in sustainable repatriation of Rohingyas as Ankara’s ambassador in Dhaka Mustafa Osman Turan paid a farewell call on her, a PMO spokesman said. “I call for larger Turkish investment in Bangladesh,” PM’S Speech Writer M Nazrul Islam quoted her Continue Reading

UN says 2022 among deadliest years for Rohingya at sea

December 26, 2022

The possible sinking of a boat in recent weeks with 180 Rohingya Muslims on board could make 2022 one of the deadliest years at sea in almost a decade for the community, a U.N. agency said, as refugees try to flee desperate conditions in Bangladesh camps, Reuters reports. Nearly 1 million Rohingya from Myanmar are […]Continue Reading

180 Rohingya feared dead at sea: UNHCR

December 25, 2022

At least 180 ethnic Rohingya stranded at sea for weeks after leaving Bangladesh in November are feared dead, as their rickety boat is thought to have sunk this month, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said, Reuters reports. Citing unconfirmed reports, the agency said the “unseaworthy” boat probably sank after it went missing in the […]Continue Reading