BNP happy with EC’s election roadmap, says Fakhrul

August 29, 2025

PARBATTANEWS ONLINE DESK BNP on Thursday expressed happiness over the Election Commission’s (EC) newly announced roadmap for the upcoming 13th parliamentary election, seeing it as a positive and hopeful step. “The roadmap (for the national election) has been announced. It gives us an impression that the Election Commission has taken preparations to hold the election […]Continue Reading

No directive for army deployment in DUCSU polls: ISPR

August 29, 2025

PARBATTANEWS DESK Bangladesh’s military has said it has not received any government directive to perform duties in the upcoming central student union elections at universities. In a statement on Thursday, the Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR) said there was also no scope for the army to be involved in such duties in the future. The […]Continue Reading

Former Minister Kujendra Lal named in case over attempted murder of journalist in Khagrachhari

August 26, 2025

PARBATTANEWS DESK A case has been filed against former State Minister Kujendra Lal Tripura and 127 others in connection with an alleged attempt to murder a journalist in Khagrachhari. The plaintiff is H M Prafulla, General Secretary of the Khagrachhari Press Club and district correspondent for BanglaVision. His lawyer, Md Afsar Hossain Roni, said the […]Continue Reading

Diplomatic Missions seek inclusive engagement for Rohingyas in Bangladesh

August 26, 2025

NEWS DESK Diplomatic Missions in Dhaka on Monday stressed the importance of ensuring meaningful engagement and inclusive representation of Rohingyas to make empowered decisions and enable them to live safe, purposeful and dignified lives when they are in Bangladesh. “After eight years, the international community stands steadfast with the Rohingya and Bangladesh, Continue Reading

Call to increase CHT parliamentary seats from three to eight

August 26, 2025

PARBATTANEWS ONLINE DESK Civil society groups from the Chittagong Hill Tracts have called on the Election Commission (EC) to raise the number of parliamentary seats in the region from three to eight. On Monday, 25 August, a memorandum was submitted to the Chief Election Commissioner at the EC headquarters in Agargaon. It was handed over […]Continue Reading

Rohingya repatriation at risk amid US-China rivalry

August 26, 2025

PARBATTANEWS ONLINE DESK Growing competition between the United States and China over Myanmar is threatening efforts to repatriate Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh, according to a report by Samakal. China has long maintained influence in Myanmar, while Washington has sought for decades to expand its presence in Naypyidaw. After briefly pulling back in response to the […]Continue Reading

Rohingya crisis cannot be solved by excluding any party, says National Security Adviser

August 26, 2025

Bangladesh’s National Security Adviser Dr Khalilur Rahman has said the Rohingya crisis cannot be resolved by excluding any of the parties involved. Dr Rahman, who also serves as the Chief Adviser’s High Representative on the Rohingya issue, told reporters, “We will talk with all parties, including the Myanmar government and the Arakan Army, to resolve […]Continue Reading

Rohingyas want to return home with dignity, says Repatriation Commissioner

August 26, 2025

COX’S BAZAR CORRESPONDENT Rohingya refugees marked 25 August as Genocide Day, recalling the violence that forced them to flee Myanmar in 2017. Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, Commissioner of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Office, said the day should not be seen as the anniversary of their arrival in Bangladesh but as the eighth anniversary of genocide. […]Continue Reading

Six fishermen rescued from sinking boat near Saint Martin’s

August 26, 2025

TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT, COX’S BAZAR The Bangladesh Coast Guard has rescued six fishermen from a fishing boat that was sinking in the sea near Saint Martin’s Island in Teknaf. Coast Guard media officer Lieutenant Commander Siam-ul-Haque confirmed the rescue to reporters on Monday. He said a fishing boat named MV Abul Hashem had gone to sea […]Continue Reading

Arakan Army abducts 33 Bangladeshi fishermen in three days

August 26, 2025

PARBATTANEWS ONLINE DESK Thirty-three Bangladeshi fishermen have been abducted over three consecutive days by the Myanmar-based armed group Arakan Army, according to local officials. The incidents occurred as the fishermen were returning from the Bay of Bengal near the Teknaf coast in Cox’s Bazar. The most recent abduction took place on Monday, 25 August, at […]Continue Reading