No lasting solution to Rohingya issue without repatriation

September 10, 2022

NEWS DESK Repatriation of the Rohingya refugees has become essential to finding a permanent resolution of the issue, speakers said at a webinar on Friday (Sept 10, 2022). The virtual seminar, titled ‘Rohingya Problem: Possibility of Repatriation”, was organized by the permanent mission of Bangladesh in Geneva in association with Legal Action Worldwide (LAW), marking […]Continue Reading

India’s SC asks govt to mull reunion of teenaged Rohingya with parents in Bangladesh

September 8, 2022

NEWS DESK The Supreme Court of India has pulled up the Central government over the deportation of a 14-year-old girl from India to Myanmar, while her parents, currently seeking asylum in Bangladesh, want her back with them, India Legal reports. The Bench of Justice Abdul Nazeer and Justice V. Ramasubramanian asked the Centre how it […]Continue Reading

Fighting between Myanmar security forces, Arakan army re-erupts; border road construction in Bandarban halted

September 6, 2022

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, BANDARBAN Myanmar security forces have once again been involved in a fierce clash with the Arakan Army (AA), a rebel group in Myanmar. The sound of heavy shelling that resumed on Tuesday (Sept 6) following a two-day lull, sent panic among Bangladeshi people living along the Naikhongchhari border in Bandarban. Bangladeshis on the […]Continue Reading

Rohingyas a ‘big burden’ on Bangladesh: India can help, says PM Hasina

September 4, 2022

NEWS DESK The Rohingyas are a “big burden” on Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, and reached out to the international community to ensure their return to their homeland. The PM said that Bangladesh had offered shelter to the Rohingyas when they were in dire need. “But now, they should go back to their country. […]Continue Reading

Dhaka summons Myanmar envoy, shares “deep concerns” over border violation

September 4, 2022

NEWS DESK Bangladesh on Sunday (Aug 4, 2022) reiterated its “deep concern” over the recent incidents of Myanmar’s mortar shelling, indiscriminate aerial firing in the bordering areas, and air space violations. The foreign ministry summoned Myanmar Ambassador to Bangladesh Aung Kyaw Moe and lodged a strong protest over the recent incidents along the Continue Reading

Myanmar violates Bangladesh airspace, fires mortar shells

September 3, 2022

STAFF CORRESPONDENT/BANDARBAN AND BAISHARI CORRESPONDENTS Two mortar shells fired from Myanmar’s warplanes have once again landed inside Bangladesh. On Saturday (Sept 3) at 9:30 am, those shells fell in the Ghumdhum area of Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban. This is the third time such incidents have happened. Bandarban Superintendent of Police (SP) Tariqul Islam Continue Reading

Thai police announce arrest of key Rohingya smugglers – Myanmar national and his Thai wife

September 2, 2022

NEWS DESK Thailand police arrested a couple suspected of trafficking in Rohingya people after escaping arrest since 2015, Pattaya Mail reports. Assistant police chief Pol Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn said Muang Than Tun, a 55-year-old Myanmar national, and his Thai wife Rahana Jesama-ae were arrested at a restaurant on Rama IX Road in Bang Kapi […]Continue Reading

Border road project works in Bangladesh’s Ghumdhum halted as Myanmar military, Arakan army fight on

September 2, 2022

NAIKHONGCHHARI CORRESPONDENT A fierce fighting between the Myanmar army and the Arakan army in the Rakhine State has brought to a halt the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Border Road Project work in Ghumdhum area of Bandarban’s Naikhongchhari upazila. Stopping the project work, some 600 workers have escaped to safety. They said they are afraid of […]Continue Reading

Rohingya camps: Bangladesh army may join drive to curb crimes

August 29, 2022

NEWS DESK The government has decided to intensify joint operations in and around the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar to curb criminal and terrorist activities in the shelters and it would engage the army in operations, if needed. ‘If necessary, we will launch joint operations and patrol duty, based on specific information, involving the army, […]Continue Reading

Take large number of Rohingyas: Bangladesh to countries interested in resettlement

August 29, 2022

NEWS DESK Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has requested countries, which had previously expressed interest in resettling Rohingyas in their states, to take in a large number of Rohingyas and alleviate Bangladesh’s problems. “In today’s meeting, we have decided to look into the number of Rohingyas these countries want to take. We have not received any […]Continue Reading