Bangladesh calls on Vietnam for cooperation in Rohingya return

August 5, 2022

NEWS DESK Bangladesh foreign minister AK Abdul Momen called on foreign minister of Vietnam Bui Thanh Son in Phnom Penh for their cooperation in investment and return of forcefully displaced Rohingyas to their homeland from Cox’s Bazar. Momen is now on a three-day visit to Cambodia to take part in the 29th ASEAN Regional Forum […]Continue Reading

Army building 15-km border road in Baghaichhari

August 3, 2022

BAGHAICHHARI CORRESPONDENT The Bangladesh Army is constructing a 15-km border road from Aryapur to Majhipara in Rangamati’s Baghaichhari upazila. This is as major part of the prime minister’s plan to bring the tide of development in the remote parts of Chittagong Hill Tracts or CHT. The Army’s 34 Engineer Construction Brigade is tasked with constructing […]Continue Reading

Regional strategy needed to handle Rohingya issue and terrorism, foreign minister says

July 30, 2022

NEWS DESK Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen feels the need for a regional strategy in dealing with the lingering Rohingya crisis and resultant terrorism. “The Rohingya situation is very complicated as is rightly described in the chapters of this book. Out of frustration, many Rohingyas are getting involved in criminal activities such as drug and […]Continue Reading

IOM deputy calls for solidarity with Rohingya refugees, host communities

July 27, 2022

NEWS DESK The International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Deputy Director General (DDG) for Operations, Ugochi Daniels, concluded a five-day (July 22-26) visit to Bangladesh and called for continued and flexible support to Rohingya refugees and host communities. During the visit, she praised the Government of Bangladesh’s exemplary role in migration management and Continue Reading

Bangladesh govt asks not to use ‘adivashi’ term, referring to constitution

July 26, 2022

DESK REPORT The government has called for not using the word ‘adivashi’ (indigenous) referring to the 15th Amendment of the Constitution where various small communities or groups have been declared as tribes, small ethnic groups and ethnic groups. In a notification signed by Deputy Secretary Sheikh Shamsur Rahman, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting announced […]Continue Reading

‘I can’t forget her’- Myanmar’s soldiers admit atrocities

July 23, 2022

NEWS DESK Soldiers in the Myanmar military have admitted to killing, torturing and raping civilians in exclusive interviews with it, the BBC reports. For the first time they have given detailed accounts of widespread human rights abuses they say they were ordered to conduct. “They ordered me to torture, loot and kill innocent people.” Maung […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh welcomes ICJ judgement over Rohingya genocide

July 23, 2022

NEWS DESK Bangladesh welcomed the judgment delivered by the International Court of Justice on Friday on the preliminary objections of Myanmar concerning the admissibility of the Genocide Convention in the case between the Gambia and Myanmar. The ministry of foreign affairs welcomed the judgement in a statement hours after it was delivered in The Hague. […]Continue Reading

Myanmar genocide case to go ahead after ICJ rejects objections

July 23, 2022

NEWS DESK Judges at the United Nations’ highest court have dismissed preliminary objections by Myanmar to a case alleging the Southeast Asian nation is responsible for genocide against the mostly Muslim Rohingya minority, according to Al Jazeera and news agencies. The decision on Friday, July 22, 2022, clears the way for the highly charged case, […]Continue Reading

Rohingyas are not yaba consumers, they’re carriers: Home Minister

July 20, 2022

NEWS DESK Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said police in Chattogram region seized only 34.76 lakh yaba pills in 2016, which increased to 1.2 crore pieces in 2018 and 2.59 crore pieces in 2021. “We noticed that the seizures have gone up notably after the Rohingya influx. The Rohingyas are not consumers of yaba, but […]Continue Reading

“War always causes sufferings for masses worldwide”, PM Hasina tells Indian Army chief

July 19, 2022

NEWS DESK Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has denounced war, saying it always causes sufferings for the masses worldwide. She said this while visiting Indian Army chief, General Manoj Pande, called on her at her official residence Gono Bhaban on Tuesday ((July 19, 2022). PM’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters after the call. PM Sheikh […]Continue Reading