Myanmar declaring a portion of Rohingya refugees eligible for repatriation might sound like overwhelmingly good news. But in reality, they cannot return as long as the Arakan Army controls Rakhine A Facebook post from the verified page of the Chief Adviser to Bangladesh’s interim government broke the internet on Friday. After all, it offered […]
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Bangladesh suffered defeat by 1-2 against upper ranked Singapore in their 2nd Group C match of the AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027 Qualifiers at the freshly renovated floodlight National Stadium in Dhaka Tuesday evening. This is the 2nd consecutive defeat for Bangladesh national team against Singapore in the International football since their first meeting […]
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Amid escalating violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, Rohingyas are trespassing into Bangladesh every day, crossing the border allegedly to escape the brutality of Myanmar’s rebel group, the Arakan Army (AA). Rohingya sources said back in Rakhine State, they faced killings, enforced disappearances, torture and forced recruitment into the rebel group as human shields against junta forces and […]
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Church members recall receiving calls from family members after India cast them into the sea, forcing them to swim to Myanmar’s shores. For the past 13 years, the small Christian Rohingya community in Delhi—which numbers 150—has rented rooms to worship in three congregations each Sunday. The two pastors had been going through the Sermon on […]
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Earlier, the army chief met Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on Eid-ul-Azha Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman today paid a courtesy call on President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha. General Waker-Uz-Zaman was accompanied by his spouse during the visit, according to an army notification. The meeting was held in a warm […]
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Bangladesh said Wednesday that neighbouring India has pushed more than 1,270 people across its border in the past month, mainly Bangladeshis, but also Indian citizens and Rohingya refugees. Bangladesh, largely encircled by land by India, has seen relations with New Delhi turn icy since a mass uprising toppled Dhaka’s previous government last year. “Between 7 […]
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May 6 marked the final day of Rohingya human rights defender Mohammad Arfat’s arbitrary detention in Indian jails. After more than four years behind bars, he was taken to the Bangladesh border and deported under the cover of darkness along with two other Bangladeshi migrants. “Don’t come back. We will shoot you directly,” warned an […]
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Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi host communities alike live in an area highly susceptible to flooding, landslides, cyclones and other weather shocks, says UN official Gwyn Lewis UNB The United Nations (UN) on Monday urgently called on donors to step forward and contribute generously to ensure that the vulnerable communities in Cox’s Bazar – Rohingyas and […]
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According to reliable sources, the United League of Arakan (ULA)/Arakan Army (AA) has been resettling Rakhine families in vacant Rohingya villages within Buthidaung Township after forcibly evicting Rohingyas from these areas. Following AA’s military operations in Buthidaung Township that began around March 2024, many Rohingya villages were reportedly burned, and Rohingyas were forcibly expelled by […]
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Dhaka, 01 June 2025 (Sunday): The article titled “Bangladesh to declare Cox’s Bazar to Bandarban area as a military operations zone” by Northeast News is a clear example of deliberate disinformation propagated by segments of the Indian media seeking to destabilize Bangladesh’s internal cohesion and undermine its armed forces. The insinuation that the Bangladesh Army […]
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