Fuel, biscuits seized in anti-smuggling drive near Myanmar border

March 20, 2024

NAIKHONGCHHARI CORRESPONDENT Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized a cache of fuel and dry food items during a patrol near the Myanmar border in Naikhongchhari, Bandarban district. The operation, conducted on Wednesday (March 20th) at 10:50 AM, was led by Havildar Lutfor Rahman of the 11 BGB Battalion. The patrol team recovered 70 liters of octane […]Continue Reading

Swedish Princess Victoria visits Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar

March 20, 2024

NEWS DESK Swedish Crown Princess Victoria, also UNDP goodwill ambassador, arrived at Cox’s Bazar Ukhiya Rohingya camp on Wednesday. She arrived at Ukhiya Rohingya camp by an army helicopter from Noakhali’s Bhasan Char at about 1:30pm. Cox’s Bazar deputy commissioner Mohammad Shahin Imran, police superintendent Mahfuzur Rahman and officials of the Swedish embassy in Dhaka Continue Reading

Chinese envoy meets Hamas leader Haniyeh first time since Oct 7

March 19, 2024

In a first such meeting since the Oct 7 cross-border Hamas raid and consequent Israeli war on Gaza, a Chinese Foreign Ministry envoy called on Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Qatar, Beijing said on Tuesday, Anadolu Agency reports. In a brief statement, the Foreign Ministry said Ambassador Wang Kejian met the head of Hamas’ political […]Continue Reading

Teknaf border area rocked by mortar explosions, panic ensues

March 18, 2024

STAFF REPORTER Residents of the Teknaf border region experienced a night of terror on Sunday, March 17th, as at least 21 mortar shells exploded within Myanmar territory. The blasts shook at least 13 villages in the Teknaf Municipality, creating widespread fear and panic. The explosions began around 9:25 PM and continued for approximately 30 minutes, […]Continue Reading

Monkeys and humans clash in Bangladesh’s Matiranga hills as forests shrink

March 18, 2024

MATIRANGA CORRESPONDENT In the Matiranga hills of Bangladesh’s Khagrachhari district, a conflict is escalating between humans and monkeys. The monkeys, their forest habitat destroyed by development, are raiding homes and farms in search of food. The area’s forests have been cleared for housing and agriculture, leaving the monkeys with nowhere to go. This has Continue Reading

Myanmar’s junta loses another town to Arkan Army in Rakhine State

March 18, 2024

The Arkan Army (AA) captured Rathedaung town in Rakhine state after driving the last troops from three junta battalions out of the town on the weekend, the ethnic army said, The Irrawaddy reports. It seized three separate infantry headquarters – from light infantry battalions 536, 537 and 538 – outside the town on Sunday evening […]Continue Reading

In Gaza, Palestinians hold Ramadan prayers by ruins of mosque

March 17, 2024

Palestinians in Gaza held the first Friday prayers of Ramadan outside the ruins of a mosque levelled in Israel’s offensive, one of hundreds the Hamas-run authorities say have been damaged or destroyed in Israeli attacks since October, Reuters reports. Scores of worshippers knelt in rows in the street by the wreckage of the al-Farouk mosque […]Continue Reading

Health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says war death toll at 31,490

March 15, 2024

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Friday that at least 31,490 people have been killed in the territory during more than five months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants, AFP reports. The latest toll includes at least 149 deaths in the previous 24 hours, a ministry statement said, adding that 73,439 people have […]Continue Reading

Four ARSA members arrested with weapons

March 14, 2024

NEWS DESK Rapid Action Battalion arrested four members of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army from Cox’s Bazar camps on Thursday morning. The RAB arrested Master Kalim Ullah, 32, a resident of camp-20 at Ghonarpara, Mohammed Akij, 27, of camp-7 at Kutupalong, Mohammad Jubaer, 29, of camp-13 at Balukhali, and Saber Hossain, 35, of camp-22 in […]Continue Reading

China tightens access for Myanmar migrant workers entering from Shan State

March 12, 2024

China has tightened access for Myanmar citizens entering the country on temporary border passes (TBPs) from Muse in northern Shan State, residents of the border town say, The Irrawaddy reports. Migrants seeking work at factories and plantations in and around Ruili, in Yunan province, have had to get health checks and drug tests at the […]Continue Reading