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

Egyptian writer’s epic novel ‘Divine Destiny’ on Sheikh Hasina hits market

July 28, 2022

NEWS DESK An epic novel “Divine Destiny- The legend of a father, a daughter and the holy bond” authored by Egyptian writer and journalist Mohssen Arishie on Father of Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hit Bangladesh market today, Thursday, July 28, 2022. Noted publishing house Anindya Prokash published […]Continue Reading

Army helicopter crash-lands in Dhaka, pilots hurt

July 27, 2022

NEWS DESK Two pilots were injured as a training helicopter of the Bangladesh Army made crash landing on a waterbody under Nawabganj Upazila in Dhaka district on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. The pilots- Lieutenant Colonel Ismail and Major Shams were shifted to Dhaka Combined Military Hospital by helicopter, according to Inter-Services Public Relations. Both the […]Continue Reading

parbattanews.com gets registration

July 21, 2022

STAFF REPORTER The government has registered parbattanews.com, the first national media on Chittagong Hill Tracts and Cox’s Bazar, as an online news media. parbattanews.com Editor Mehadi Hassan Palash received the registration paper on Thursday, July 21, 2022. In an immediate reaction, he said,” First of all, I give thanks to Allah, the almighty. Everything has […]Continue Reading