Cyclone Sitrang: No major damage in Rohingya camps, says OCHA

October 25, 2022

NEWS DESK No flooding or major damage has been reported so far in the Rohingya camps in Bhasan Char and Cox’s Bazar due to Cyclone Sitrang, says the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA. The Sitrang made landfall in Bangladesh yesterday (October 24, 2022) with wind speeds reaching up to […]Continue Reading

Iran to support Bangladesh in safe, dignified Rohingya repatriation: Envoy

October 25, 2022

NEWS DESK Iranian Ambassador to Bangladesh Mansour Chavoshi today (Oct 25) said his country will support Bangladesh on the issue of safe and dignified repatriation of Rohingyas, the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals, to their homeland. The envoy said this while calling on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban this morning. Prime Minister’s Continue Reading

Bangladesh evacuates 30 families from border amid fury in Myanmar

October 23, 2022

NEWS DESK In the face of continuous gunfire and mortar shelling inside Myanmar close to the Bangladesh border for six hours on Saturday (Oct 22, 2022), local authorities have evacuated 30 families in Dochari and Ghumdhum unions of Naikhyangchari upazila in Bandarban district. The sound and fury on the Myanmar side of the international border, […]Continue Reading

Myanmar junta to honour Rohingya repatriation deals: Momen

October 20, 2022

NEWS DESK Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said Myanmar’s military government has conveyed that they would honour all the previous deals signed between Dhaka and Naypyidaw to commence Rohingya repatriation. “That’s good news,” he told reporters while disclosing the outcome of his today’s meeting with Chinese Ambassador in Dhaka Li Continue Reading

RAB nabs 7 alleged militants, 3 separatists in Chattogram Hill Tracts operation

October 20, 2022

STAFF REPORTER The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested 10 people – seven alleged members of the new militant outfit ‘Jamaatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya’ and three alleged separatists – during an operation in different areas of Bandarban and Rangamati. The RAB also said it recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition. Commander Khandaker Al […]Continue Reading

Rohingya repatriation: Dhaka may seek updates on Beijing’s efforts

October 19, 2022

NEWS DESK Bangladesh is likely to seek an update from the Chinese side on Thursday regarding its efforts to find ways for repatriation of the Rohingya refugees to Myanmar. Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming is scheduled to meet Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen at his office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh urges Myanmar to keep promise of taking Rohingya back

October 18, 2022

NEWS DESK Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said Myanmar “should keep their promise” for the repatriation of the Rohingyas to their place of origin in Rakhine State. “We are ready to send them back. Myanmar should keep their promise and do their part of the job,” Momen told reporters at the Ministry of Foreign […]Continue Reading

Bandarabn’s Ruma, Roangchhari closed to tourists amid security concerns

October 18, 2022

DESK REPORT Local administrations have closed Bandarban’s Ruma and Roangchhari for tourists amid security concerns in the hill tracts. For a week, joint forces have been carrying out an anti-terrorist operation in Ranmagati’s Bilaichhari bordering Bandarban’s Ruma and Roangchhari. Armed terrorists have recently become more active in the hill tracts. Officials Continue Reading

Another 950 Rohingyas to go to Bhasanchar in 17th phase

October 16, 2022

DESK REPORT Another 960 Rohingyas are going to Bhasanchar in Noakhali from the camps of Ukhia and Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar. After almost one and a half months, in the 17th phase on Sunday (October 16), 500 Rohingyas left for Chattogram from Ukhia’s Degree College ground for Bhasanchar in five buses. Another 450 Rohingyas are […]Continue Reading

A group is trying to destabilise CHT region: Home minister

October 16, 2022

NEWS DESK Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said that a group is trying to stoke unrest in the Chattogram Hill Tracts (CTH) area. “Attempts by the KNF, Shantu Larmar’s JSS, and UPDF to destabilise the region are frequent,” the minister said while inaugurating the new TTL truck ladders for the Fire Service on Sunday (16 […]Continue Reading