India arrests former BSF commandant in cattle smuggling case

April 25, 2022

News Desk: Former BSF commandant Satish Kumar has been arrested under the anti-money laundering law in a case linked to alleged cattle smuggling across the India-Bangladesh international border in West Bengal, the Enforcement Directorate said on Monday, the Press Trust of India reports. Kumar is a former commanding officer of the 36th Border Security Force […]Continue Reading

Govt has accepted definition of native Muslims: Assam CM

April 24, 2022

News Desk: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said the government has accepted the definition of native Muslims of Assam as recommended by cabinet sub-committees, according to the local media report. Last year, the state government had constituted seven sub-committees to suggest measures and recommendations for overall development of the indigenous Assamese Muslims Continue Reading

‘Fearful of deportation, some Rohingya in India await crossing over to Bangladesh’

April 19, 2022

News Desk: The deportation of a Rohingya woman back to Myanmar has sparked fears that India is preparing to expel many more refugees from the country, The Guardian reports. Hasina Begum, 37, was deported from Indian-administered Kashmir two weeks ago, despite holding a UN verification of her refugee status, intended to protect holders from arbitrary […]Continue Reading

Sufferings of passport seekers mount as brokers infest Khagrachhari Passport Office

April 19, 2022

Staff Correspondent, Khagrachhari Khagrachhari Regional Passport Office is so much infested with brokers and lobbyists that anybody going there would have an experience like it were the brokers and lobbyists that run the Passport Office –because they are everywhere. For this, passport service recipients suffer so much. If you do not turn to brokers and […]Continue Reading

Myanmar’s ex-army officer calls Rohingya crackdown ‘genocide,’ offers to testify

April 17, 2022

Captain Nay Myo Thet served in Myanmar’s military for nearly six years in Rakhine state but defected in December and relocated to an area under the control of anti-junta Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) forces. In 2016, a military crackdown forced some 90,000 Rohingya to flee Rakhine state and cross into neighboring Bangladesh, while a larger one in 2017 […]Continue Reading

New separatist group set to emerge in Chittagong Hill Tracts

April 11, 2022

Mehadi Hassan Palash: A new separatist group is poised to formally emerge as Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) in the Chittagong Hill Tracts or CHT during the upcoming rainy season, which they believe to be auspicious for starting anything, Parbattanews has learnt. They aim at launching an armed movement for establishing a fully autonomous state in […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh visa centre opens in Siliguri

April 9, 2022

News Desk: A centre to receive and process applications for Bangladeshi visas was inaugurated in Siliguri on Wednesday, much to the elation of north Bengal residents who have been demanding such a facility for quite some time, Telegraph India reports. The application centre, located at the International Market on Sevoke Road near Panitanki More of […]Continue Reading

Where development still remains a far-fetched reality

April 8, 2022

Staff Correspondent, Bandarban When Bangladesh is basking in its development glory, it is unbelievable that a part of the country could still remain untouched by the development itself. More surprisingly, it is 35 years. For the last 35 years since 1987, Shukna Jhiri Para, a neighbourhood under Tulachhari in Bandarban’s Boangchhari upazila has not received […]Continue Reading

BGB comes under attack in Ukhia

April 7, 2022

Ukhia Correspondent: Miscreants have snatched away a drug trader, attacking the Border Guard Bangladesh or BGB in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhia upazila. Cox’s Bazar 34 BGB Captain Lt Col Mehedi Hossain Kabir confirmed this incident around 3:00pm on Thursday. Earlier on Wednesday night, he said, they detained drug trader Bakhtiar, son of late Nur Mohhamad, hailing […]Continue Reading

Pakistan’s top court likely to rule on Khan ouster Thursday

April 6, 2022

News Desk: Pakistan’s top court could rule on Thursday on Prime Minister Imran Khan’s move to block an opposition attempt to oust him, a step his critics say is unconstitutional and has touched off political turmoil, Reuters reports. Khan, a former cricket star, lost his parliamentary majority last week and had faced a no-confidence vote […]Continue Reading