Four bodies found after Rohingya trawler sinks in Naf River; BGB member among missing

March 23, 2025

At least four bodies were found floating in the Naf River after a trawler carrying Rohingyas capsized while attempting to enter Bangladesh illegally from Myanmar through Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar, officials have said.  The bodies — those of three women and a child — were spotted by locals in the estuary near Shah Porir Dwip […]Continue Reading

US welcomes Bangladesh government`s move

March 20, 2025

NEWS DESK The US has welcomed measures taken by Bangladesh’s interim government to ensure safety and security for all people in Bangladesh. US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce made the remarks in response to a question from a questioner at a regular press conference on Wednesday (March 19) local time in the United States. The […]Continue Reading

ARSA chief Ataullah, 9 operatives arrested

March 18, 2025

NEWS DESK Rapid Action Battalion-11 arrested 10 Rohingya people, including Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army’s top leader Abu Ammar Jununi alias Ataullah, from Narayanganj and Mymensingh districts in two separate drives on Monday and Tuesday. RAB-11 arrested six, including ARSA chief Ataullah, from Siddirganj upazila in Narayanganj on Tuesday and four other ARSA members from Continue Reading

US aid cuts to Myanmar are having catastrophic impact, UN rapporteur says

March 17, 2025

US cuts to humanitarian aid are having a crushing impact on people in Myanmar, with violence likely to spiral, Thomas Andrews, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar told a press briefing in Geneva on Monday, Reuters reports Sudden cuts to food and health programs supporting people have made an […]Continue Reading

UN considering humanitarian channel from Bangladesh to Myanmar

March 15, 2025

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said Saturday the organisation is exploring the possibility of a humanitarian aid channel from Bangladesh to Myanmar, AFP reports. Guterres is on a four-day visit to Bangladesh that saw him meet on Friday with Rohingya refugees, threatened by looming humanitarian aid cuts. Around a million members of the persecuted and […]Continue Reading

 ‘Inch by inch’: Myanmar rebels close in on key military base in Chin State

March 15, 2025

In the mountains of western Myanmar, photographs of fallen fighters line a wall of a rebel headquarters – an honour roll of some 80 young men, beginning with 28-year-old Salai Cung Naw Piang, who was killed in May 2021, Al Jazeera reports. The true toll on the Chin National Defence Force (CNDF) extends beyond this […]Continue Reading

Chief adviser, UN secretary-general join iftar with 1 lakh Rohingya refugees

March 15, 2025

NEWS DESK Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday joined nearly 100,000 Rohingya refugees for iftar at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar. The iftar gathering was organized at the initiative of the chief adviser. Earlier, the chartered flight carrying Professor Yunus and Guterres landed at Cox’s Bazar Airport at […]Continue Reading

Dhaka slams Delhi’s remarks as interference in Bangladesh’s internal affairs

March 13, 2025

NEWS DESK Dhaka on Thursday reacted sharply to Delhi’s recent comments on elections, law and order and minority issues, stressing Bangladesh believes that these are purely its internal matters. “Such comments from India are unwarranted and tantamount to interference in the internal affairs of another country,” Spokesperson at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Continue Reading

Arakan Army Threatens Myanmar Junta Naval Base at Sittwe

March 13, 2025

NEWS DESK The Arakan Army (AA) has advanced towards the Rakhine State capital, Sittwe, including an attack on a junta naval base 4km north of the city, according to the Rakhine media, The Irrawaddy reports. Western News reported clashes around Thone Soung village and at the Min Gan base, a strategic stronghold fortified with naval […]Continue Reading

Man arrested for ‘attempted rape’ of Khyang girl in Bandarban

March 13, 2025

NEWS DESK A construction worker has been arrested for allegedly attempting to rape a 17-year-old girl of the Khyang community with mental health condition in Bandarban’s Rowangchhari upazila, after the incident was initially attempted to be settled through local arbitration (salish). Jamal Hossain, a road repair worker from Patuakhali, was detained on Tuesday, a day Continue Reading