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

Rohingya must be part of Myanmar crisis solution: UN chief

August 25, 2022

NEWS DESK United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Myanmar’s military-installed government Wednesday (Aug 25, 2022) to include ethnic Rohingya in a solution to the country’s political crisis, AP reports. He commented on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the start of a mass exodus by the Muslim minority to Bangladesh to escape a […]Continue Reading

Russia’s foreign minister makes official visit to Myanmar

August 3, 2022

NEWS DESK Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived Wednesday (August 3) in Myanmar for an official visit that Moscow said will include discussions with the military government on security and economic issues, the Russian news agency TASS reported, Associated Press reports. Russia is a major supporter of Myanmar’s military government, which came to power in […]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