Ethnic minorities of plain land districts a deprived lot

December 7, 2022

MAMUNUR RASHID: Ethnic minorities living in the plain land in the country are totally deprived of admission to higher education and government job facilities in the existing tribal quota system in Bangladesh. There are 50 ethnic minorities in Bangladesh, half of that population live in plainland districts and the other half in three hill districts […]Continue Reading

US assistant secretary for comprehensive approach to deal with Rohingya crisis

December 6, 2022

NEWS DESK US Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration Julieta Valls Noyes on Tuesday (Dec 6, 2022) met Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and discussed a “comprehensive approach” to the protracted Rohingya crisis with international support. Talking to reporters, Momen said the government of Bangladesh wants to see better life for Continue Reading

70 Rohingyas arrested in Myanmar after truck crash

December 4, 2022

Seventy Rohingya people hiding in a truck transporting ginger were arrested north of Yangon after the vehicle crashed into a roadside canal, the Myanmar junta said on Sunday (Dec 04, 2022), AFP reports. Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state are widely regarded as illegal immigrants in the Buddhist-majority country and have long faced discrimination, Continue Reading

Insights into the CHT Peace Accord After 25 Years

December 2, 2022

PARBATTA NEWS DESK The Greater Chittagong Hill Tracts consist of the districts of Khagrachari, Rangamati, and Bandarban. There are small ethnic groups and Bengalis living here. The region has been plagued by trouble and insecurity for a long time due to armed and bloody conflict. After the formation of the government in 1996, Prime Minister […]Continue Reading

JSS supporter killed in Rangamati; finger pointed at UPDF

November 30, 2022

BAGHAICHHARI CORRESPONDENT A 20-year-old youth has been shot dead by terrorists in the midpoint area of Durgam Newlongkar Dari Para village of Sajek Union of Baghaichhari Upazila of Rangamati. Another youth was injured after being shot in the leg in the same incident on Wednesday (Nov 30), said Nurul Alam, the officer-in-charge at Sajek Police […]Continue Reading

Rohingya leader killed in Cox’s Bazar camp

November 29, 2022

NEWS DESK Some unidentified men killed a sub-majhi (community leader) of a Rohingya camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar. Shahab Uddin was stabbed and shot to death in Camp No 12 of Palongkhali in the upazila at around 4:30am on Tuesday (Nov 29, 2022). Ukhiya police station OC Sheikh Mohammad Ali said some 20-30 […]Continue Reading

Rakhine Truce Between Myanmar Junta and Arakan Army ‘Hanging by a Thread’

November 29, 2022

NEWS DESK There is no guarantee that the sudden ceasefire between Myanmar’s military regime and the Arakan Army (AA) in Rakhine will hold for long, said political observers, The Irrawaddy reports. Rakhine politician U Pe Than said the truce is fragile as it is merely a verbal rather than written agreement. “The Myanmar military must […]Continue Reading

DGFI Official Murder Case: ARSA leader among 66 accused

November 27, 2022

NEWS DESK Sixty-six persons have been made accused in the case filed over the murder of a DGFI officer near the Tumbru border in Bandarban’s Naikkhangchhari on November 14. Of them, Ataullah Abu Ammar Jununi, known as the commander-in-chief of Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), has been named as the prime accused. Mohammad Anwar Hossain, […]Continue Reading

UN releases $9m for Rohingyas, host community

November 24, 2022

NEWS DESK The United Nation’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has released a $9 million allocation to help the Rohingya refuges in Bangladesh. The fund is allocated to help over 943,000 Rohingya refugees staying in camps in Cox’s Bazar district and in the island of Bhasan Char, and over 17,800 members of the host community […]Continue Reading

Japan, UNFPA sign $3.7 million aid to Rohingyas in Bangladesh

November 22, 2022

NEWS DESK Japan and UNFPA sign $3.7 million assistance to Rohingya Refugees in Bhasan Char and Host Communities in Noakhali District. The Government of Japan and UNFPA signed an exchange of notes for the assistance to Rohingya refugees in Bhasan Char and Host Communities in Noakhali District, said a press release on Tuesday (November 22). […]Continue Reading