‘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

Indian media spreading false propaganda against Bangladesh Army: ISPR

March 12, 2025

NEWS DESK The Inter-Services Public Relations, the Army’s internal intelligence agency, has dismissed reports published in Indian media about unrest in the Bangladesh Army are ‘false and planned.’ In a statement on Tuesday, ISPR stated that Indian media outlets, notably The Economic Times and India Today, recently published baseless and fabricated reports about the Continue Reading

UN to slash rations to Rohingya refugees by half to $6 per month, official says

March 5, 2025

NEWS DESK The United Nations will cut food rations to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh from $12.50 to $6 per month next month after failing to find funds, an official said, raising fears among aid workers of rising hunger in the world’s largest refugee settlement, Reuters reports. “Yesterday, I was informed verbally, and today I received […]Continue Reading

Japan, Unicef sign $3.3M deal to strengthen assistance for Rohingya children

March 4, 2025

NEWS DESK The government of Japan has allocated approximately $3.3 million to support Unicef’s response to the humanitarian needs of Rohingya refugees. Through this grant, 65,000 Rohingya refugees, 41,000 of them children, will reach Bangladesh, providing them access to education, WASH, health and nutrition support in Cox’s Bazar district and Bhasan Char, said the Embassy Continue Reading

Abrar Fahad deserves Swadhinata Padak in liberation war category: Farooki

March 3, 2025

NEWS DESK Cultural Affairs Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has said Abrar Fahad should get the Swadhinata Padak in the Liberation War category. Farooki, in a personal post on Facebook on Monday evening, shared his perspective on the category in which Abrar Fahad should receive the award. He added that this year’s Independence Award will be […]Continue Reading

Abrar Fahad to be awarded Swadhinata Padak posthumously

March 3, 2025

NEWS DESK Abrar Fahad, a student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) who was brutally killed in 2019 by members of the banned organisation Chhatra League, will be posthumously awarded the Swadhinata Padak 2024 (Independence Award), Bangladesh’s highest civilian honour. The recognition honours his courage in standing against injustice and his Continue Reading