Indian Army chief meets Bangladesh Army, Navy chiefs

July 18, 2022

NEWS DESK Visiting Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pande has paid courtesy calls on Bangladesh Army Chief General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral M Shaheen Iqbal. He paid a courtesy call on his Bangladesh counterpart General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed at the Army Headquarters in Dhaka and discussed ways to enhance and […]Continue Reading

Bandarban: From harmony to conflict

July 15, 2022

Lt. Gen. Dr. MOHAMMAD MAHFUZUR RAHMAN Under the leadership of Manabendra Larma, the 1980s and 1990s were the golden age for the Jana Samhati Samiti-JSS (Regional part of CHT) and its armed organization Shanti Bahini (Armed group of JSS). Despite having absolute support among the tribal people in Rangamati and Khagrachhari districts, their activities in […]Continue Reading

parbattanews.com gets government permission for registration

July 14, 2022

STAFF REPORTER parbattanews.com, the first national media on Chittagong Hill Tracts and Cox’s Bazar, has received permission from the government for its registration as an online news media. parbattanews.com is the most popular online news provider in the Chittagong Hill Tracts and Cox’s Bazar. The information ministry published a list of 45 online news portals […]Continue Reading

ROHINGYA GENOCIDE CASE: ICJ to give verdict on Myanmar objections July 22

July 12, 2022

NEWS DESK The International Court of Justice on Monday set July 22 to deliver its judgment on the Myanmar preliminary objections to the case filed over the latter’s genocide against the Rohingyas in Rakhine state. The Gambia versus Myanmar case is commonly referred to as the Rohingya genocide case after it was brought forward by […]Continue Reading

UN rights council adopts resolution for Rohingya repatriation

July 11, 2022

NEWS DESK The United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution calling upon Myanmar to repatriate the persecuted Rohingyas taking shelter in Bangladesh without delay despite initial opposition from some Western countries. The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on behalf of its all member states placed the resolution on the ‘State of Human Rights of […]Continue Reading

Army Chief exchanges Eid greetings with army personnel at remote camps in Khagrachhari

July 11, 2022

STAFF REPORTER/DISTRICT CORRESPONDENT, KHAGRACHHARI Bangladesh Army Chief General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed has visited various remote camps in Khagrachhari on the occasion of the holy Eid al-Adha, and exchanged Eid greetings and pleasantries with the army personnel. As the army chief reached Baghaihat zone at 12 noon on Sunday, July 10, he was received by Major […]Continue Reading

Rohingyas a huge burden for Bangladesh, PM Hasina tells world

July 7, 2022

NEWS DESK Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the international community to play a more active role in Rohingya repatriation to their homeland, realising the huge burden of over one million displaced Myanmar nationals on Bangladesh under the fallout of Coronavirus and the Russia-Ukraine war. “Rohingyas are a huge burden for us. All the countries […]Continue Reading

Rohingya repatriation: Dhaka seeks proactive role from Indonesia, ASEAN

July 4, 2022

NEWS DESK Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has urged Indonesia and the ASEAN to play a proactive role to facilitate early repatriation of the displaced Rohingya people currently sheltered in Bangladesh on humanitarian grounds. He reiterated that the problem was created by Myanmar and it has to be solved by Myanmar as well. “The […]Continue Reading

Rohingya refugees provide aid to flood victims in Sylhet

July 3, 2022

NEWS DESK Registered Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have come forward to provide 400 flood-affected families with cash and emergency flood relief supplies, to show solidarity with the host population. Moved by social and mainstream media reports of the displacement of millions of people because of the recent flooding in Sylhet, young Rohingya refugees, both men […]Continue Reading

Amid threat of KNF attacks, 23 families flee to Bandarban from Rangamati

July 1, 2022

STAFF REPORTER Fearing for their safety amid attack threats by Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), more than 23 families from several neighbourhoods of Barathali Union in Rangamati’s Bilachhari Upazila have taken refuge in the neighbouring Bandarban. They moved to Roangchhari Upazila in Bandarban, adjacent to Barathali. Later, they took shelter in different parts of Continue Reading