Refugee Camps: Teletalk SIMs for Rohingya families likely

April 28, 2023

NEWS DESK Rohingya refugees would soon be able to purchase Teletalk SIM cards as part of the government’s efforts to bridle the ‘growing criminal tendencies’ among the displaced Myanmar citizens and bring them under Bangladeshi network coverage. At present, the displaced Myanmar citizens use SIMs of two or three operators from Myanmar and Bangladesh, Continue Reading

Rohingya, Yemeni and Syrian refugees plead for help in Sudan

April 27, 2023

NEWS DESK As evacuation flights in Sudan continue to take foreign diplomats and citizens back to their countries or to safety in third countries, many people, refugees included, are being left behind to fend for themselves, Al Jazeera reports. Fighting continued to rattle various cities across Sudan despite an American and African push to extend […]Continue Reading

FOLLOW-UP: 1 killed, 1 injured in Bandarban tribal gun battle

April 26, 2023

STAFF REPORTER A gun battle occurred between two local tribal armed groups in the Mualpi neighborhood of the Paindu Union of Ruma Upazila in Bandarban on Tuesday, April 25, which started at around 5 am and continued until noon. The United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF-Democratic) and the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) were the groups involved […]Continue Reading

BGB arrests 3 with 21kg crystal meth in Cox’s Bazar

April 26, 2023

NEWS DESK Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has arrested three drug peddlers with 21.09 kg crystal meth ice from Palongkhali area in Cox’s Bazar district early today (April 26). The arrested were identified Rujurus Mia, 51, Md Ismail, 23, and Shyadul Basar, 40. All of them are the residents of Cox’s Bazar district, said a press […]Continue Reading

Fire at Rohingya camp razes dozens of shelters

April 19, 2023

NEWS DESK At least 100 shelters of the Rohingya refugees at Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar turned to ashes in a fire late Tuesday night (April 18). The incident was reported from Block C of Camp 24 (Nuralipara camp) in Leda around 11:10pm. It was brought under control around 12:30am by the joint efforts of the […]Continue Reading

Arsa commander, Rohingya woman killed in Ukhiya camp gunfight

April 14, 2023

NEWS DESK A gunfight between Armed Police Battalion (APBn) and members of Myanmar’s armed group Arakan Salvation Army (Arsa) at the Ukhiya Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar left a woman and an Arsa commander dead on Friday afternoon (April 14). Assistant Superintendent of Police (Operation and Media) of Ukhiya 8 APBN, Farooq Ahmed, confirmed the […]Continue Reading

Myanmar air strike death toll rises to at least 130: Report

April 13, 2023

Villagers used old car tyres on Thursday to cremate the last of an estimated 130 victims of an airstrike in Myanmar’s central Sagaing region, with South East Asian countries saying they “strongly condemned” the attack, AFP reports. The country has seen widespread violence, with its economy almost paralysed, since the military toppled Aung San Suu […]Continue Reading

Myanmar military attacks rebel gathering, leaving 50 dead

April 11, 2023

NEWS DESK At least 50 people were killed in central Myanmar on Tuesday in an air strike by the military on an event attended by opponents to its rule, according to media and members of a local resistance movement. Citing residents in the Sagaing region, BBC Burmese, Radio Free Asia (RFA), and the Irrawaddy news portal reported between 50 and 100 people, including Continue Reading

ARSA commander killed during ‘gunfight’ with APBn

April 11, 2023

NEWS DESK A suspected local commander of the Myanmar insurgent group the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army was killed during a ‘gunfight’ with the Armed Police Battalion at a Rohingya camp in Ukhia of Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday morning. The APBn in a statement later on the day said that Abdul Mojid, 35, son of Nurul […]Continue Reading

UPDF terrorists held with arms in Khagrachari army operation

April 9, 2023

STAFF REPORTER, KHAGRACHHARI Two terrorists of the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) Prasit faction have been apprehended by an army patrol team in Khagrachari, along with arms and ammunition. The arrest took place during an operation in the No. 2 Gachban project neighborhood of Kukipara area in Vaibochhara union of Khagrachari Sadar Upazila, according to […]Continue Reading