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NEWS DESK The government has named Chief of General Staff (CGS) Lieutenant General Waker-Uz-Zaman as the new Chief of Army Staff. “Chief of General Staff (CGS) Lieutenant General Waker-Uz-Zaman, OSP,SGP,PSC, has been promoted to general post and appointed as the Chief of Army Staff for three years from afternoon of June 23,” said a gazette […]Continue Reading
PALANGKHALI CORRESPONDENT Three Rohingya refugees were killed and three others injured in attacks conducted by rival groups at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar early Monday, authorities said. The violence erupted in the Ukhiya camp’s Block F around 3:45 am when members of the Rohingya Solidarity Organization (RSO) attacked Md Ilyas, 31, shooting him and […]Continue Reading
STAFF CORRESPONDENT, KHAGRACHHARI Barun Bikash Chakma, a supporter of the UPDF Prasit Group, was shot and killed by rival gunmen in the Logang’s Hatimara area of Panchhari, Khagrachhari, on Saturday night. Angya Marma, the Khagrachhari district organizer for the UPDF Prasit Group, said that around 9pm, 3-4 armed assailants broke into Chakma’s home and shot […]Continue Reading
Fighting has intensified along Rakhine State’s border with Bangladesh in southern Maungdaw Township as the Arakan Army (AA) attacks border guard police positions to seize the entire township in the state’s northwest, residents of the township say, The Irrawaddy reports. They said the ethnic army is targeting border guard police positions in the township’s south […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the government will not allow new structures in the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar that ultimately caused ecological imbalance. “It would not be wise (decision) to allow new structure in Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar as environmental and ecological imbalance has already poised there due to […]Continue Reading
STAFF CORRESPONDENT, KHAGRACHARI: A member of the UPDF Prasit Group, Redashe Marma, was killed and his mother injured in a shooting on the border between Khagrachari and Chittagong’s Fatikchari. Despite acknowledging the incident, police from Manikchari and Fatikchari stations both claim the area is outside their jurisdiction. Local and police sources said that Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Unrest may occur in Cox’s Bazar if the Rohingyas are not repatriated soon, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Friday. “A hub of international terrorists may be created here. There may be an influx of arms. Many things can happen. And we already see some signs of them,” he told journalists while visiting […]Continue Reading