‘March for Gaza’ in Dhaka demands end to Israeli offensive in Palestine

April 12, 2025

NEWS DESK Thousands of people from across the capital gathered at Suhrawardy Udyan on Saturday afternoon, aiming to intensify global solidarity with the oppressed people of Palestine. The grand rally, titled ‘March for Gaza’, began around 3:15 pm with the screening of a documentary on atrocities of Israel on Palestinian people. Maulana Abdul Hye Mohammad […]Continue Reading

Basad chief warns of alleged plot to form Christian state using parts of Bangladesh, India, and Myanmar

April 12, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Basad General Secretary Bazlur Rashid Firoz on Friday claimed that a conspiracy is underway to establish a Christian state incorporating Bandarban in Bangladesh, Rakhine in Myanmar, and India’s Manipur and Mizoram. Speaking at a rally in front of the Jatiya Press Club, organised by Basad (Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal) the party to protest […]Continue Reading

Arakan Army abducts 149 fishermen in two months

April 9, 2025

MEHADI HASSAN PALASH The Arakan Army, a rebel group in Myanmar, has abducted 149 fishermen and boatmen from the Naf River in the last two months, according to a study by the CHT Research Foundation. Of them, 121 were later released, while 28 remain in captivity. The report, based on data collected between February 11 […]Continue Reading

Navy detains 214 Myanmar nationals in Bay trying to illegally reach Malaysia

April 8, 2025

COX’S BAZAR CORRESPONDENT, HNILA CORRESPONDENT, TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT & BANGLADESH NAVY PRESS RELEASE Bangladesh Navy on Tuesday detained 214 displaced Myanmar citizens from a fishing boat in the Bay of Bengal as they attempted to migrate illegally to Malaysia. The Navy’s offshore patrol vessel BNS Durjoy intercepted the boat — FV Kulsumah — around 44 nautical […]Continue Reading

Protests erupt in Bangladesh over Israeli attacks on Gaza

April 7, 2025

NEWS DESK People staged strong protests in Dhaka and other parts of the country on Monday condemning the ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza. The demonstrators demanded an immediate end to Israeli “barbarity” against Palestinians. Students from various educational institutions, especially universities, joined the protests in large numbers. Regular academic activities including Continue Reading

Follow-up talks should start on Rohingya repatriation after Myanmar’s assurance: Experts

April 7, 2025

NEWS DESK Foreign relations experts on Saturday said follow up talks should start quickly on Rohingya repatriation as Myanmar has confirmed out of over 1.30 million of the ethnic minority Muslim people, who took makeshift refuge in Bangladesh were 180,000 are eligible to return. “It is important that talks were held on the repatriation but […]Continue Reading

Myanmar starts confirming Rohingyas’ eligibility for return with first list of 180,000

April 4, 2025

NEWS DESK Myanmar authorities have confirmed to Bangladesh that out of a list of 800,000 Rohingyas sheltered in Bangladesh, they have identified 180,000 Rohingyas eligible for return to Myanmar. The original list was provided by Bangladesh in six batches during 2018-20. The final verification of another 70,000 Rohingyas is pending additional scrutiny of their photographs Continue Reading

CA press wing debunks The New York Times article

April 2, 2025

The New York Times article titled “As Bangladesh Reinvents Itself, Islamist Hard-Liners See an Opening” is a misleading one, said the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing on Wednesday. “The New York Times article paints a troubling and one-sided view of Bangladesh, suggesting that the country is on the brink of being overtaken by religious extremism,” Continue Reading

Myanmar military announces temporary truce as quake death toll passes 3,000

April 2, 2025

Myanmar’s governing military has declared a unilateral, temporary ceasefire in the country’s civil war to facilitate rescue efforts after last week’s powerful earthquake, as state television reported the death toll from the disaster had surpassed 3,000, Al Jazeera reports. MRTV said that the truce would last from Wednesday until April 22 and was aimed at […]Continue Reading

Tripura parties react to Bangladesh advisor Yunus’s ‘jibe’ on Seven Sisters

April 2, 2025

Ruling and Opposition parties in Tripura on Tuesday slammed Professor Muhammad Yunus, the chief advisor of Bangladesh’s interim government, for his remarks in China on India’s northeastern states and urged the Centre to send a “befitting reply”, The Indian Express reports, During his four-day visit to China in the last week of March, Yunus said […]Continue Reading