Tripura protest demands action against Bangladesh’s PCJSS Santu group

August 4, 2025

INTERNATIONAL DESK, PARBATTA NEWS Hundreds have marched in Tripura, India, calling for the arrest and expulsion of members of the Bangladesh-based armed group Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti, known as PCJSS Santu, over allegations of drug trafficking and anti-India activities. Indian media report it is the first organised protest in the country against an armed Continue Reading

Supradip urges forest dept to be more proactive in protecting natural environment

August 2, 2025

NEWS DESK Adviser to the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Supradip Chakma on Saturday called on the Forest Department to adopt a more proactive approach in protecting the country’s natural environment, with special focus on the Chittagong Hill Tracts region. He made the remarks while inaugurating a week-long tree plantation campaign and tree fair […]Continue Reading

Thai-Cambodian fighting extends into third day

July 26, 2025

Fighting on the Thai-Cambodian border extended into a third day and new flashpoints emerged on Saturday as both sides sought diplomatic support, saying they had acted in self-defence and calling on the other to cease fighting and start negotiations, Reuters reports. At least 30 people have been killed and more than 130,000 people displaced in […]Continue Reading

Netanyahu, Trump appear to abandon Gaza ceasefire negotiations with Hamas

July 26, 2025

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump appeared on Friday to abandon Gaza ceasefire negotiations with Hamas, both saying it had become clear that the Palestinian militants did not want a deal, Reuters reports. Netanyahu said Israel was now mulling “alternative” options to achieve its goals of bringing its hostages home from […]Continue Reading

Yunus assures probe into aircraft crash, urges all not to crowd hospitals

July 21, 2025

NEWS DESK Assuring an investigation into the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) aircraft that crashed into a building of Milestone School and College in Uttara area, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Monday urged all not to unnecessarily crowd the hospitals where the injured are being treated. “We will definitely carry out an investigation. But an […]Continue Reading

Govt declares state mourning Wednesday over aircraft crash

July 21, 2025

NEWS DESK The government has declared a one-day state mourning on Wednesday following the crash of a Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft on the Milestone School and College campus in the capital’s Uttara Diabari area, according to Chief Adviser’s Press Wing. The national flag will be flown at half-mast in all government, semi-government, autonomous Continue Reading

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