Three mortar shells from Myanmar land in Bangladesh

August 28, 2022

NAIKHONGCHARI CORRESPONDENT Three mortar shells fired from Myanmar have landed unexploded in Bangladesh’s Bandarban district. The shells fell in the southern neighbourhood of Tumbru – bordering Myanmar – Ghumdhum in the hill district’s Naikhongchari. The southern neighbourhood of Tumbru is surrounded by a temporary Rohingya camp living on the Tumbru zero line of Continue Reading

Myanmar Rohingya, five years on, want to go home with justice

August 25, 2022

NEWS DESK Myanmar Rohingya Muslims protested across refugee camps in neighbouring Bangladesh on Thursday (Aug 25, 2022), the fifth anniversary of clashes between Rohingya insurgents and Myanmar security forces that drove hundreds of thousands of Rohingya from their homes, Reuters reports. More than a million Rohingya now live in the world’s largest refugee settlement in Continue Reading

US to take Rohingyas from Bangladesh: Blinken

August 25, 2022

NEWS DESK US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has said the United States are working to significantly increase resettlement of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh. “As an essential component of an international, comprehensive humanitarian response, we are working to significantly increase resettlement of Rohingya refugees from the region, including from Bangladesh, Continue Reading

Will continue to pursue long-term solution to Rohingya crisis: Foreign Missions

August 25, 2022

NEWS DESK Foreign Missions stationed in Dhaka have said they will continue to pursue a long-term solution to the Rohingya crisis and its causes. “Five years on, the international community stands resolute in solidarity in its support for Rohingya and Bangladesh,” reads a joint statement by the Embassies and High Commissions in Dhaka on Thursday […]Continue Reading

Myanmar should allow int’l organizations to work in Rakhine state: PM

August 25, 2022

NEWS DESK Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Aug 25, 2022) said  Myanmar should allow international organizations to work in the Rakhine state to create an appropriate environment for the dignified return of the forciblydisplaced Rohingya people. “Myanmar should allow international organizations to work in the Rakhine state,” she said while United Nations Continue Reading

Rohingya Crisis: UN envoy seeks renewed int’l attention, burden-sharing by other countries

August 25, 2022

NEWS DESK United Nations Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer has said it is critical that the international community continues to seek comprehensive, durable and inclusive solutions to the Rohingya crisis. “We cannot let this become a forgotten crisis,” said Special Envoy Heyzer on her four-day mission to Bangladesh. On the Continue Reading

Repatriation delay pushes Rohingyas into crimes; locals panicked

August 24, 2022

UKHIA CORRESPONDENT, COX’S BAZAR Many of the Rohingyas, who fled in one cloth five years ago, are now millionaires. Yaba, drugs, arms, gold smuggling are the only means of earnings. Several terrorist groups have been active in the Rohingya camps dominating the arms and drugs trading. They more often than not get involved in various […]Continue Reading

UN special envoy on Myanmar visits Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps

August 23, 2022

NEWS DESK UN Special Envoy on Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer on Tuesday (Aug 23, 2022) visited the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar. She arrived at the Ukhiya Kutupalong camp with a 4-member delegation and visited the refugee registration center. Additional Commissioner of Cox’s Bazar Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commission office, Shamsud Douza Nayan, told Continue Reading

Rohingya repatriation may start by December: Foreign secretary

August 22, 2022

NEWS DESK The repatriation of Rohingyas may begin by the end of this year, Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen has said. He remarked this ahead of August 25, the fifth anniversary of the latest Rohingya influx from Myanmar. “We hope to start the repatriation the end of this year… They [Rohingyas] are becoming a burden […]Continue Reading

Army chief visits CHT border road project

August 21, 2022

NEWS DESK Chief of Army Staff General S M Shafiuddin Ahmed today (August 21, 2022) visited the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) border road project being implemented under the supervision of the Bangladesh Army in three hilly districts – Rangamati, Khagrachari, and Bandarban. He also visited different army camps in Chattogram and various developmental projects of […]Continue Reading