BGB seizes Tk 1.36 billion worth of contraband, arms and drugs in June

July 15, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK REPORT Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled goods worth approximately Tk 1.36 billion during operations conducted in border areas and other regions across the country in June 2025. The seizures included a range of contraband items, firearms, ammunition, and narcotics. According to a BGB press release, the recovered firearms included two locally Continue Reading

150,000 Rohingya fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh in 18 months: UN

July 14, 2025

Bangladesh has over the past 18 months registered the biggest influx of Rohingya refugees since the mass exodus of Myanmar’s largely Muslim minority nearly a decade ago, the United Nations said Friday, AFP reports. The UN refugee agency said up to 150,000 Rohingya had arrived in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar refugee camps since early 2024. “Targeted […]Continue Reading

3 top ULFA-I leaders ‘killed’ in Myanmar, Indian Army denies role as insurgent group alleges involvement

July 14, 2025

Three top leaders of banned insurgent group United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) were “killed” in Myanmar, following what it claimed were “drone attacks” by the Indian Army, a charge flatly denied by the forces, The Print reports. The banned group, headed by Paresh Baruah, issued multiple statements Sunday, as reported by news agency PTI, […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh election date still unclear, says CEC

July 14, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Bangladesh’s Chief Election Commissioner A M M Nasir Uddin says the date for the next national election has not yet been decided. In an interview with BBC Bangla, he said it was difficult to confirm when the vote would take place, as the Election Commission has not been formally informed of a […]Continue Reading

WHO sends Saima Wazed on indefinite leave amid corruption allegations

July 12, 2025

Saima Wazed, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) regional director for the South East Asia Regional Office (SEARO), has been sent on indefinite leave from Friday (11 July). The WHO took the decision four months after Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed two cases against her for fraud, forgery and misuse of power, according to a report […]Continue Reading

Publish July Declaration by Aug 3 or face movement, Nahid warns govt

July 11, 2025

NEWS DESK The National Citizen Party (NCP) has warned of a movement if the government does not release the “July Declaration” and “July Charter” by 3 August. “We want to see both documents published by that date. If not, we’ll take to the streets with students and the public,” said NCP convenor Nahid Islam at […]Continue Reading

Armed men kidnap, kill nine bus passengers in Pakistan, say officials

July 11, 2025

Armed men killed nine bus passengers after kidnapping them in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, officials said on Friday, Reuters reports. The passengers had been kidnapped from multiple buses on Thursday evening, said the provincial government spokesman Shahid Rind. Their bodies with bullet wounds were found in mountains overnight, another government Continue Reading

Followup: KNA commander killed in Bandarban had sent family to Mizoram, trained in India

July 9, 2025

RUMA CORRESPONDENT, BANDARBAN A top commander of the Kuki-Chin National Army (KNA), who was killed in a gunfight with the army in Bandarban last week, had earlier moved his family to India’s Mizoram and received armed training in Manipur, officials say. Sangmin Bom, 27, was one of two KNA members killed during a military raid […]Continue Reading

Thousands of refugees flee into India’s Mizoram state after clashes in Myanmar

July 9, 2025

Thousands of refugees have crossed into India’s northeastern state of Mizoram after clashes between two anti-junta armed groups in neighbouring Myanmar, Indian authorities said on Monday, Reuters reports. Refugees have been crossing into Mizoram since July 2 when clashes between two rival Chin groups — the Chin National Defence Force (CNDF) and the Chinland Defence Continue Reading

Why China’s ultimatum to Myanmar rebels threatens global supply of heavy rare earths

July 9, 2025

The global supply of heavy rare earths hinges in part on the outcome of a months-long battle between a rebel army and the Chinese-backed military junta in the hills of northern Myanmar, Reuters reports. The Kachin Independence Army since December has been battling the junta over the town of Bhamo, less than 100 km (62 […]Continue Reading