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

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