Dhaka – Different Islamic parties and organizations yesterday demanded deployment of international peacekeepers in Arakan under the supervision of the United Nations and to immediately stop the cleansing drive of the Myanmar authority against the Rohingya.
Ethnic Rohingya Muslims fleeing Burmese security forces in Burma’s Rakhine State have described killings, shelling, and arson in their villages that have all the hallmarks of a campaign of “ethnic cleansing,” Human Rights Watch said today. Burmese army, police, and…
Dhaka, Sept 22 – A delegation of three British lawmakers led by the Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group of Bangladesh Ms Anne Main, MP, Thursday endorsed the global condemnation of atrocities on Rohingyas dubbing it “ethnic cleansing” after a…
Myanmar’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been speaking about the violence and refugee crisis in Rakhine State.
Dhaka, Sept 19 – Nobel laureate Prof Amartya Sen and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales have offered to be signatories to the open letter written by Nobel peace laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus to the United Nation Security Council (UNSC) calling for…
He was often called “the man who saved the world,” and in some sense, he did. On the night of Sept. 26, 1983, in a period of Cold War tension, Stanislav Petrov, a lieutenant colonel on duty at a missile…
The U.S. military flew advanced bombers and stealth jets over the Korean Peninsula and near Japan in drills with South Korean and Japanese warplanes on Monday, three days after North Korea fired a missile over Japan. The United States often…
BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Monday alleged that Myanmar is repeatedly violating Bangladesh airspace due to the government’s incapability to run the country and its subservient policy. “The Myanmar is now violating our airspace again and again due…
Pressure tightened on Myanmar Monday as a rights group urged world leaders to impose sanctions on the country’s military, which is accused of driving out more than 400,000 Rohingya Muslims in an orchestrated “ethnic cleansing” campaign. The call from Human…
Dhaka – The Supreme Court Bar Association, SCBA yesterday demanded to the government to deploy army at the Rohingya refugee camps of Cox’s Bazaar for smooth distribution of relief materials among the refugees.
Bangladesh has strongly protested the instances of violation of its airspace by Myanmar military drones and helicopters on September 10, 12 and 14. Bangladesh also mentioned that these provocative acts may lead to unwarranted consequences.
Amnesty International says it has turned up evidence of an “orchestrated campaign of systematic burnings” by Myanmar security forces targeting dozens of Rohingya villages over the last three weeks. The human rights group is releasing a new analysis of video,…
The Burmese military is deliberately burning ethnic Rohingya villages near the Bangladesh border, Human Rights Watch said today. Such acts of arson, after forcing residents to leave their villages, appear central to the Burmese military’s ethnic cleansing campaign against the…
United Nations, Sept 14 (AP/UNB) – Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday that ethnic cleansing is taking place in Myanmar against the Rohingya Muslim minority, and the U.N. Security Council condemned the violence that has led nearly 380,000 Rohingyas to flee…
Projectile likely reached altitude of 770 km and flew 3700 km: S. Korean military Chad O’Carroll North Korea launched a missile east towards the Sea of Japan (East Sea), South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in an alert…
Dhaka, Sept 13 – The United States has called on Myanmar security authorities to respect the rule of law, stop the violence, and end the displacement of civilians from all communities.
North Korea has threatened the United States with the “greatest pain” it has ever suffered following new sanctions imposed by the United Nations. Pyongyang’s envoy to the UN accused Washington of opting for “political, economic and military confrontation”. US President…
The BBC has spoken to Rohingya Muslims who suffered crippling injuries after apparently stepping on army landmines as they fled violence in Myanmar. One of them, a 15-year-old boy being treated in Bangladesh, lost both legs.
While the U.S. contends with the destruction caused by two ferocious hurricanes in three weeks, Americans also are marking the anniversary of one of the nation’s most scarring days. Thousands of 9/11 victims’ relatives, survivors, rescuers and others are expected…
The Cabinet on Monday approved a proposal for signing the ‘Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons’ on the sidelines of the upcoming 72nd UN General Assembly session in New York this month. The approval was given at the regular…
Rohingya Muslim insurgents in Myanmar have declared a one-month unilateral ceasefire to ease the humanitarian crisis in northern Rakhine state.
Dhaka, Sept 7 – Visiting Turkish First Lady Emine Erdogan on Thursday said what is happening in Myanmar’s Rakhine State is “tantamount to genocide” and solution to Rohingya crisis lies in Myanmar only.
Robert J. Burrowes For those of us committed to systematically reducing and, one day, ending human violence, it is vital to understand what is causing and driving it so that effective strategies can be developed for dealing with violence in…
Bangladesh has expressed grave concerns at the successive nuclear tests conducted by North Korea. With utter disregard to the concerns expressed by the international community, North Korea has carried out its 6th nuclear test on September, said the Foreign Ministry…
South Korea has conducted a missile drill simulating an attack on the North Korean nuclear test site, in response to Pyongyang’s sixth nuclear test.
The US Navy has announced a major overhaul of the LCS programme that includes virtual reality (VR) training using sophisticated simulators. At Naval Base San Diego, sailors are training for deployment on the ships of the future – all without…
North Korea on Sunday announced the successful test of a hydrozen bomb in a broadcast on Korean Central TelevishydrogenV) at 15.00 local time. The test represents North Korea’s sixth in history. Pyongyang previously conducted nuclear tests in 2006, 2009, 2013…
Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Bangladesh, Sep 2 – They have come in their thousands, crossing hills and rivers, marshes and rice paddies for the chance to cross into Bangladesh and escape the mass killings they say are being perpetrated against their…
Washington, Sep 2 (AP/UNB) — One of former President Barack Obama’s greatest foreign policy achievements is at risk — and it has nothing to do with his successor.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has weighed into the North Korea crisis, warning the US and others against going down a “dead-end road” and calling for talks to resolve the issue.