China hopes for Rohingya repatriation from next year: Li Jiming

December 8, 2022

NEWS DESK Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming on Thursday (Dec 8, 2022) said China hopes that the repatriation of displaced Rohingya people will start next year. The outgoing Chinese Ambassador expressed the expectation when he paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the latter’s official residence Ganabhaban this morning. PM’s Deputy Continue Reading

62 Rohingyas listed for resettlement in US initially: Momen

December 7, 2022

NEWS DESK Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday (Dec 7, 2022) said that 62 forcibly displaced Rohingyas were primarily listed for resettlement in the United States and a small batch of them was likely to be flown to the country on December 8, 2022. He said that he had earlier requested his US counterpart […]Continue Reading

Reluctance of PCJSS hinders CHT Peace Accord

December 7, 2022

MAMUNUR RASHID: The Parbatya Chattogram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) are yet to surrender in person to the authorities with all their arms, and ammunition and also did not hand over the full list of their arms cadres as stipulated in the Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord, although the country is celebrating the silver jubilee […]Continue Reading

PM Hasina continues modernization of Bangladesh Army following in footsteps of Bangabandhu: Army chief

December 6, 2022

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, COX’S BAZAR Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has continued the modernization and development of the Bangladesh army following in the footsteps of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Army chief has said. “In 1974, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman formulated the national defense policy of Bangladesh for the first time,” said SM Continue Reading

Rohingya recount atrocities as US official visits Cox’s Bazar refugee camp

December 5, 2022

The US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, Julieta Valls Noyes, has visited the Rohingya camp in Ukhiya in Cox’s Bazar to see the Rohingya situation. She went to Kutupalong, the world’s largest camp, by road from Cox’s Bazar town on Monday (December 5) morning. A day before, in […]Continue Reading

US won’t let Rohingyas become a forgotten crisis: Asst Secy Noyes

December 4, 2022

Visiting US Assistant Secretary, for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, Julieta Valls Noyes said that the United States, together with its international partners, will not allow the Rohingyas to become a “forgotten crisis”. She made the comment after meeting with the UN agencies which are working on the ground. Noyes thanked all the […]Continue Reading

‘Full implementation’ of CHT Peace Accord needs 2 more years: Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing

December 2, 2022

NEWS DESK Acknowledging that the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord has not been fully implemented even after 25 years of being signed, CHT Affairs Minister Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing has indicated it may take another “one to two years”. Ushwe Sing said in a recent interview marking the silver jubilee of the CHT Peace Accord […]Continue Reading

Full implementation of CHT Accord: 25 years of life lost waiting, says Santu Larma

December 2, 2022

NEWS DESK Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanmhati Samiti president Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma, better known as Santu Larma, has said that the most precious 25 years of his life had been lost waiting for a full implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord. ‘My most productive years have been wasted waiting for a complete implementation of the […]Continue Reading

No separatist acts will be tolerated on Bangladesh-Myanmar border: BGB chief

November 29, 2022

NEWS DESK Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Major General Shakil Ahmed today (Nov 29, 2022) said BGB and Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) will not accept separatists’ activities on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. “BGB and BGP will not accept separatists’ activities on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. For this reason, the border guards of the Continue Reading

PM Hasina seeks Sri Lanka’s support for safe repatriation of Rohingyas

November 25, 2022

NEWS DESK Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday (Nov 25, 2022) sought Sri Lanka’s support for sustainable, safe and voluntary repatriation of the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals, Rohingyas, to their ancestral land in Rakhine state of Myanmar. The Premier sought this support while Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry paid a courtesy call on her […]Continue Reading