No evidence of sexual harassment found in Khagrachhari girl’s report: Adviser

October 6, 2025

NEWS DESK No evidence of sexual harassment has been found in the medical report over the alleged rape of an indigenous girl in Khagrachhari district, said Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday. He made the statement following a meeting of the law and order core committee at the Secretariat. […]Continue Reading

Rizvi slams India for depicting Dr Yunus as ‘Asur’ during Durga Puja

October 6, 2025

NEWS DESK BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Saturday criticised India for displaying ‘poor taste’ by making an idol of the demon ‘Asur’ with the face of Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus during Durga Puja celebrations. “We have seen that in India, an idol of the demon ‘Asur’ was made resembling Dr […]Continue Reading

Myanmar’s footage being used to mislead people in Khagrachari: Rumor Scanner

October 2, 2025

NEWS DESK Rumor Scanner, one of the fact-check platforms in the country, has identified false photos being used to mislead people amid recent Khagrachari tensions. Rumor Scanner investigation team said it has identified couples of rumors centering the recent violence in Khagrachari. “A photo claiming the Bangladeshi army setting fire at the houses of hilly […]Continue Reading

US pledges support for Myanmar, Rohingya

October 2, 2025

NEWS DESK US Special Envoy for Best Future Generations Charles Harder has said the United States will continue to support the people of Myanmar, including Rohingya and other minorities, and urged other donors to join them in this effort. “Increased contributions are vital to ensure dignity, safety, and hope for vulnerable populations. This is fundamentally […]Continue Reading

CA proposes seven-point action to end Rohingya crisis

September 30, 2025

NEWS DESK Emphasising the Rohingya repatriation as the “only peaceful solution” to the protracted Rohingya crisis, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today proposed seven-point actions, including devising a practical roadmap for safe and dignified return of Rohingyas with reasonable stabilisation of Rakhine. “As funding declines, the only peaceful option is to begin Continue Reading

One of India’s specialties right now is fake news: Prof Yunus

September 30, 2025

NEWS DESK Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, who is attending the 80th United Nations General Assembly, has trashed the allegations of communal persecutions under his administration. “One of the specialties of India right now is fake news,” the Nobel Laureate said in an interview with Zeteo’s Mehdi Hasan on the sidelines of the UNGA in […]Continue Reading

India expelling Rohingyas to Bangladesh, Myanmar without protections: HRW

September 30, 2025

NEWS DESK Human Rights Watch (HRW) has alleged that Indian authorities have expelled scores of ethnic Rohingya refugees to Bangladesh and Myanmar without rights protections since May 2025. Authorities have arbitrarily detained several hundred more, mistreating some of them, said the New York-based rights body on August 29. In May, states in India governed by […]Continue Reading

Section 144 to be lifted if blockade called off: Khagrachari DC

September 30, 2025

NEWS DESK Khagrachari Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate ABM Iftekharul Islam Khondakar on Tuesday said the Section 144 imposed in the district would be considered for immediate withdrawal once the blockade programme of the local Jumma population is lifted and the situation returns to normal. He added that protesters need to end the blockade for […]Continue Reading

BGB issues statement refuting allegations levelled by Arakan Army; dismisses ‘propaganda’

September 30, 2025

NEWS DESK Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has refuted the allegations of the United League of Arakan (ULA), the political wing of the Arakan Army (AA), that the paramilitary border force of Bangladesh provides support to the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) and the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO). “These allegations are misleading, as BGB does not […]Continue Reading

Myanmar army razed Rohingya villages to build security outposts, UN-backed report says

September 30, 2025

After the 2017 expulsion of the Muslim minority Rohingya from Myanmar’s Rakhine state, the military destroyed villages and mosques and repurposed their lands for security outposts, according to a U.N.-backed investigation released on Monday, REUTERS reports. Violence against the Rohingya escalated dramatically in August 2017 when Myanmar’s military launched an Continue Reading