US, EU add more sanctions as Myanmar violence deepens

November 9, 2022

NEWS DESK The United States and European Union have announced new sanctions against Myanmar’s military regime aimed at officials, companies and arms dealers, as campaigners urge quicker implementation of the measures given the deepening crisis in the country, Aljazeera and agencies report. The EU sanctions apply to 19 more individuals and entities, including a minister Continue Reading

Militant outfit Sharqiya financed KNF Tk 1.7m to buy heavy weapons: RAB

November 9, 2022

NEWS DESK New militant outfit Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya financed Tk 17 lakh to a separatist group of Chattogram Hill Tracts Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) to buy heavy weapons. The outfit sent over Tk 50 lakh to various places through banking channels and mobile banking in the last eight to nine months for conducting […]Continue Reading

Myanmar takes delivery of Russian fighter jets

November 6, 2022

NEWS DESK Myanmar’s military has begun taking delivery of a batch of Russian-made combat jets, a monitoring group said on Friday (Nov 4, 2022), the latest hardware shipped from Moscow as rights campaigners accuse the junta of hitting civilians with air strikes, AFP reports. In 2018 under the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi, […]Continue Reading

2 Rohingya killed as army, rebels clash in Myanmar

November 6, 2022

NEWS DESK Two Rohingya refugees were killed and five others were injured in Myanmar on Friday (Nov 4, 2022) when several mortar shells hit their villages during a battle between the junta forces and a rebel group, raising panic among refugees living in Bangladesh’s camps, Anadolu Agency reports. The Myanmar Army carried out “heavy shelling […]Continue Reading

China, Russia, India enabling Myanmar’s military rule: Report

November 5, 2022

NEWS DESK Support from China, Russia and India is enabling Myanmar’s military to sustain itself and carry out human rights abuses despite its failure to consolidate power following last year’s coup, a group of international legislators has said, Aljazeera reports. In a report published on Wednesday, the parliamentarians said this “steadfast and uncritical” support, Continue Reading

More than 80 Rohingya detained in Myanmar

November 5, 2022

NEWS DESK More than 80 Rohingya people seeking to travel by boat to Malaysia have been detained in Myanmar’s southeast after traffickers abandoned them, a security source told AFP on Saturday. Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state are widely regarded as illegal immigrants in the Buddhist-majority country and have long faced discrimination, been Continue Reading

PM Hasina sincere for welfare of hill tracts people: CHT minister

November 4, 2022

STAFF CORRESPONDENT Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Minister Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing has said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is providing all kinds of assistance to improve the socio-economic condition of the people in the region. “She is very sincere for the welfare of the people living in the hill tracts,” he said while speaking as chief […]Continue Reading

Around 20 Rohingya missing after boat capsize in Myanmar

November 2, 2022

NEWS DESK A boat carrying at least 80 Rohingya sank when it ran aground near Pyapon township in Myanmar’s southern Ayeyarwady region. Around 20 are still missing and feared dead after Monday’s accident, local residents were quoted to have told it, Radio Free Asia reports. “Only 60 people could be rescued, the remaining 20 just […]Continue Reading

Mohib Ullah murder case: Accused threatens to kill witness in court

November 1, 2022

NEWS DESK One of the accused in the murder case of Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah threatened to kill a witness during testimony in a Cox’s Bazar court on Tuesday (Nov 1, 2022). Accused Khairul Amin threatened to kill Nure Alam, a witness, who was giving his testimony in Additional District and Sessions Judge’s Court of […]Continue Reading

Thai police arrest woman with links to Rohingya trafficking to Malaysia

November 1, 2022

NEWS AGENCY Thai police arrested a woman wanted in connection with the alleged trafficking of Rohingya to Malaysia seven years ago, Malaysia’s Bernama reports. Central Investigation Bureau said the woman, believed to be an agent supplying Rohingya to work in Malaysia, was arrested in Kanchanaburi on Monday, after seven years on the run. “The police […]Continue Reading