EU names Bangladesh, six other countries as safe to speed up migrant returns

April 17, 2025

The European Union on Wednesday published a list of seven countries it considers “safe”, including Bangladesh, in a bid to speed up migrant returns by making it harder for citizens of those nations to claim asylum in the bloc, AFP reports. The list — which also includes Kosovo, Colombia, Egypt, India, Morocco and Tunisia — […]Continue Reading

Army detains 2,457 in two-month nationwide crackdown

April 17, 2025

NEWS DESK The Bangladesh Army, in coordinated operations with other law enforcement agencies, has arrested 2,457 people allegedly involved in various criminal activities during drives carried out across the country over the past two months. Besides, 320 illegal firearms and 564 rounds of ammunition were recovered during the joint drives during the period since March […]Continue Reading

Army chief calls for a violence-free Bangladesh

April 14, 2025

NEWS DESK Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman on Sunday expressed his vision of a peaceful Bangladesh, free from violence and hatred. “We want to live together in peace, and we are always working toward that goal,” he said while addressing the foundation stone-laying ceremony of Sampriti Bhaban at the Dhaka International Buddhist Monastery in […]Continue Reading

Myanmar conflict hits Bangladesh border trade hard

April 14, 2025

NEWS DESK Trade between Bangladesh and Myanmar has fallen sharply in recent months due to ongoing clashes between Myanmar’s military and the Arakan Army in Rakhine state, officials say. Imports from Yangon to Teknaf land port have been completely halted since mid-January, after the Arakan Army blocked three cargo vessels headed to Bangladesh. As a […]Continue Reading

China always with new Bangladesh: ambassador

April 14, 2025

NEWS DESK Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen has said that China is always with the new Bangladesh. ‘China is always with the people of Bangladesh, with the new Bangladesh,’ he at a drone show on Manik Mia Avenue in the capital Monday evening. The drone show was organised by the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy under […]Continue Reading

Army chief returns home after visiting Russia, Croatia

April 12, 2025

NEWS DESK Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman on Saturday returned home after an official visit to Russia and Croatia. During the visit, he met with the Russian Army Chief, Deputy Defense Minister, high-ranking military and civil officers and individuals and chief of the Croatian armed forces, senior military and civil officials, said an ISPR press release. […]Continue Reading

Israeli forces have completed encirclement of Gaza’s Rafah, military says

April 12, 2025

Israeli forces have completed the encirclement of Gaza’s Rafah, the military said on Saturday, part of an announced plan to seize more areas of the enclave, accompanied by large-scale evacuations of the population, Reuters reports. The military has issued repeated evacuation warnings to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians across Rafah since it resumed operations in Continue Reading

49 arrested over attacks, vandalism during anti-Israel protests: Police Headquarters

April 8, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK At least 49 people have been arrested over attacks and vandalism at shops and business establishments in Sylhet and other parts of the country during protests against Israel’s military actions in Gaza, police said on Tuesday . The arrests were made in connection with incidents that took place on Monday, said Enamul […]Continue Reading

Arakan Army abducts 11 fishermen, seizes 5 trawlers from Naf River estuary

April 8, 2025

HNILA CORRESPONDENT Myanmar’s rebel group Arakan Army abducted 11 Bangladeshi fishermen and seized five fishing trawlers from the Naf River estuary in Teknaf on Tuesday. The incident occurred around 12:30pm when armed members of the group crossed the river near Saint Martin’s Island using speedboats and intercepted the boats at gunpoint, said Teknaf Upazila Nirbahi […]Continue Reading

Cox’s Bazar woman becomes first Rakhine barrister in Bangladesh

April 7, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Momoshen Rakhine, a young woman from Cox’s Bazar’s Rakhine community, has become the first barrister from the ethnic group in Bangladesh. She was called to the Bar at a ceremony held at The Honourable Society of Middle Temple in London last month on March 27. Momoshen, a resident of Boro Rakhine Para […]Continue Reading