The agreement was signed this week by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk and Bangladesh’s Foreign Secretary Asad Alam Siam, according to a statement issued Friday by the UN Human Rights Office in Geneva. The Government of Bangladesh and the United Nations Human Rights Office have signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) […]
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How Crisis Group Recasts the Rohingya Crisis to Fit a New Engagement Agenda International Crisis Group’s June 2025 report on the Rohingya insurgency presents itself as serious conflict analysis. It is not. It is a strategic artifact. Not examination, but misdirection. The Myanmar military disappears. The genocide is reduced to a footnote. And the […]
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It brands Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites a “global security threat” Russia’s Foreign Ministry denounced on Tuesday continued Israeli attacks on Iran as illegal and said a solution to the conflict over Tehran’s nuclear programme could only be found through diplomacy. “The continuing intensive attacks by Israel on Iran’s peaceful nuclear sites are […]
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BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed has commented that although the Chief Adviser has called another meeting on 2 June, it appears the process is bogged down in formalities and discussions without any real progress. Speaking as the chief guest at a discussion event today, Saturday, at the Diploma Engineers Institution auditorium in Dhaka, Salahuddin […]
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The Appellate Division has cancelled the High Court verdict that had declared the registration of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami as a political party illegal. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed, delivered the verdict on Sunday. Earlier, on 14 May, the Appellate Division heard the party’s appeal and fixed 1 […]
Continue Reading“There will be no compromise when it comes to the country’s independence, security and sovereignty,” says Brigadier General Md Nazim-ud-Daula on the topic of a proposed humanitarian corridor to Myanmar’s Rakhine State through Bangladesh Highlights: Army reaffirms commitment to protect sovereignty, stand by the people Says zero tolerance on corridor, national security issues Strict action […]
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In Maungdaw town, the Arakan Army (ULA/AA) continues to seize shops owned by Rohingya people, located in prominent and busy commercial areas, according to local residents who spoke to AEN. These properties were originally developed on departmental lands under successive previous governments. Shop owners, including many Rohingya, had legally leased the land for long-term use […]
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UNB News Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Wednesday said Bangladesh is in touch with India on the recent issues of push-ins and port-related restrictions on the import of certain goods, including readymade garments and processed food items, from Bangladesh. Responding to a question on the restrictions, Adviser Hossain said the Commerce Adviser of […]
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Rohingya refugees increasingly risk perilous journeys to safety, UN says By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, May 23 (Reuters) – Dire humanitarian conditions in Myanmar and Bangladesh are driving more Rohingya to risk dangerous boat journeys to safety, such as one this month that ended in a sinking and estimates of 427 deaths, the U.N. refugee agency […]
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Army chief at Officers’ Address National election should be held by December Bangladesh Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman has said the next national election should be held by December. He noted that his stance on elections remains unchanged, and it is the right of an elected government to determine the country’s future course. The army chief […]
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