Rohingya campaigners condemn Myanmar’s ‘opaque’ repatriation plan

March 25, 2023

The Myanmar military’s “pilot project” to repatriate about 1,000 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh has been met with scepticism, with rights campaigners calling it a “PR campaign”, AL Jazeera reports. Last week, a delegation from Myanmar visited the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district – home to more than 1 million Rohingya – […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh President seeks Belgium’s support for safe Rohingya repatriation

February 9, 2023

NEWS DESK President M Abdul Hamid has sought the cooperation of Belgium to accomplish a safe, peaceful and dignified repatriation of the displaced Rohingya people to their Rakhine state homeland in Myanmar. The president sought the support when the visiting Belgium Queen Mathilde paid a courtesy call on him at Bangabhaban in Dhaka on Wednesday […]Continue Reading

Japan, UNFPA sign $3.7 million aid to Rohingyas in Bangladesh

November 22, 2022

NEWS DESK Japan and UNFPA sign $3.7 million assistance to Rohingya Refugees in Bhasan Char and Host Communities in Noakhali District. The Government of Japan and UNFPA signed an exchange of notes for the assistance to Rohingya refugees in Bhasan Char and Host Communities in Noakhali District, said a press release on Tuesday (November 22). […]Continue Reading

India hands over 30 military trained mules to Bangladesh Army

November 16, 2022

NEWS DESK In a display of effective defence cooperation, Bangladesh Army has received 30 fully trained and ready for deployment military mules from India, The Hindu Business Line reports. The mules, handed over at the India-Bangladesh border, were trained at the Remount Training School and Depots (RTSD) in Saharanpur of Western Uttar Pradesh. Army officials […]Continue Reading

EU announces € 3m for Rohingyas in Bhasan Char

November 10, 2022

NEWS DESK Appreciating Bangladesh’s support for the Rohingyas, European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson on Thursday (Nov 10, 2022) said Bangladesh and the European Union (EU) are partners in principles as well as practice. “I am very impressed by the Bangladeshi Government and people’s continued hospitality to the Rohingya refugees. Continue Reading

Anti-militancy drive in CHT: 10 arrestees sent to jail

October 21, 2022

NEWS DESK A court in Rangamati has sent seven members of the newly launched militant outfit Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya and three members of the armed separatist group Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) to jail in a case filed with Belaichhari police station in the district.Rangamati Judicial Magistrate Farzana Akter passed the order around 7:30pm […]Continue Reading

A chain reaction of misery: How Myanmar’s instability will affect the Indo-Pacific and beyond

October 14, 2022

Major General Md Nayeem A Chowdhury The security and stability of Myanmar is substantially affecting not only its neighbours but it is spreading all over the Indo-Pacific and beyond. Our neighbouring Rakhine State’s stability predominantly revolves around the Rohingya crisis. The primary issue of the Rohingya crisis is identity construction, politically used by the Myanmar Continue Reading

Momen apprises Russian FM of Rohingya situation

October 14, 2022

NEWS DESK Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today (Oct 13, 2022) apprised his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov of the current situation of the Rohingya. Bangladesh’s foreign minister stressed the need for stronger international support for resolving the Rohingya crisis. Momen made the remarks as he held brief discussions with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov in […]Continue Reading

Population Census 2022: A CHT demographic analysis

September 19, 2022

SAYED IBN RAHMAT A comparative analysis of the preliminary report of the Population and Household Census 2022 recently released by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) and the census report of 2011 shows that the Bengali population has increased while the non-Bengali/small ethnic population has decreased in Chattogram Hill Tracts. According to the preliminary report Continue Reading

The migration of small ethnic groups to Bangladesh and their original habitats

September 5, 2022

SAYED IBN RAHMAT The preliminary report of Population and Housing Census 2022 has found 50 non-Bengali/small ethnic communities living in Bangladesh. Apart from this, there are some other communities. But their names were not mentioned. The total non-Bengali/ethnic population size in Bangladesh is 1,650,159, which is 0.10% of the country’s total population. Again, the Continue Reading