Dhaka- India’s Border Security Force (BSF) handed over 17 Bangladeshi including women and children through two separate flag meetings with Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) in Kalaroa border point area in Kalaroa upazila on Tuesday morning.
Category: Int’l relations
Canada denies Chelsea Manning entry
BY TERESA WELSH Chelsea Manning has been denied entry to Canada because she violated the U.S. Espionage Act, according to a letter she posted to Twitter.
G77 a key partner in reform of the UN system
By Miroslav Lajcak UN, Sep 25 (IPS) – When the Charter of Algiers was adopted 50 years ago, it marked the unity of the Group of 77. This unity has not wavered since then. The G77 is the biggest group…
Govt not sincere to solve Rohingya crisis: Fakhrul
Cox’s Bazar, Sept – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday alleged that the government is not sincere about resolving the Rohingya crisis.
Concrete steps through UNSC awaited on Thursday
Dhaka, Sept – Bangladesh, at this point, is expecting a ‘concrete steps’ through UNSC resolution to resolve the crisis as “forcibly displaced people from Myanmar” continued flooding Bangladesh as the current figure of new arrivals stand at 449,000. “We’re working…
UN Security Council to meet on Myanmar Thursday
The UN Security Council will meet Thursday to discuss the violence in Myanmar and hear a briefing from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the crisis, diplomats said. Britain, France, the United States and four other countries requested the meeting after…
Burmese Army committing crimes against Humanity in Rakhine
Human Rights Watch has found that serious violations committed by members of Burma’s state security forces against the Rohingya Muslim population in northern Rakhine State since August 25, 2017, amount to crimes against humanity under international law. The crimes against…
6000 Rohingya orphans to get smart cards
State Minister for Social Welfare Nuruzzaman Ahmed today said the ministry will issue smart cards to around 6,000 orphan Rohingya children for taking responsibilities to provide their food, shelter and other basic needs. “Orphan Rohingya children up to 18-year will…
Ho Chi Minh eulogised – Six eminent persons honoured
The contributions of Ho Chi Minh, the great Vietnamese leader who had not only successfully led the war of liberation of his country but also inspired freedom struggle in Bangladesh as elsewhere in the globe were eulogised at a seminar…
Pakistani cricket star Khan criticizes US’s Afghan policy
Islamabad,(AP/UNB) – Cricket legend and potential Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan on Monday criticized the United States’ new strategy for Afghanistan and said a continued military campaign will not solve the 16-year-old conflict in the neighboring nation. Khan, who is…
Myanmar says no ‘ethnic cleansing,’ genocide of Muslims
UN, Sept 26 (AP/UNB) – Myanmar’s U.N. ambassador insisted Monday that there is no “ethnic cleansing” or genocide taking place against Muslims and objected “in the strongest terms” to countries that used those words to describe the situation in Rakhine…
China favours permanent solution to Rohingya crisis
The Communist Party of China (CPC) today assured Bangladesh of convincing Myanmar government to resolve the Rohingya problem permanently. The assurance came from a meeting in Beijing between the CPC and visiting 18-member Awami League (AL) delegation headed by its…
Int’l community not quick to denojunce ‘Buddhist terror’: Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday accused the security forces in Myanmar of waging a “Buddhist terror” against the Rohingya Muslim minority in the country, hundreds of thousands of whom have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh. Erdogan, who has repeatedly…
Witness to carnage in Myanmar
Hasina is a soft-spoken 20-year-old Rohingya woman from Rakhine State in Burma. She asked us to use her picture and tell her story so the world knows what is happening there. Her village, Tula Toli, was attacked in late August…
Xenophobes enter German Bundestag – rights groups see alarm
From a human rights perspective, the Alternative für Deutschland’s (AfD) entry into the Bundestag poses a serious challenge. Germany’s main parties should also examine the extent to which they emulated – and legitimized – its anti-rights agenda. The AfD’s election…
Rohingya crisis origin-solutiion lies in Myanmar
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Monday reiterated its position saying both the origin of and solution to the Rohingya crisis lie in Myanmar. “The origin of this crisis and the solution to this crisis both lie in…
Iraqi Qurds vote in referendum on independence from Baghdad
Iraqi Kurds were casting ballots on Monday in Iraq’s Kurdish region and disputed territories on whether to support independence from Baghdad in a historic but non-binding vote that has raised regional tensions and fears of instability. More than 3 million…
Youth tortured dead by BSF in Thakurgaon
Dhaka – A Bangladeshi young man was tortured to death by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Dabri border area in Haripur upazila in Thakurgaon early Monday.The deceased was identified as Abdur Razzak, 22, son of Abdus Sobhan,…
Milan fashion meets global crises with lightness
Milan, Sep 22 (AP/UNB) — The Milan fashion world is responding to global crises with transparency and lightness. Designers are choosing diaphanous textiles to create airy looks, often layering sheer trench coats and anoraks over form-fitting knit dresses or jumpsuits…
Land for refugees not yet habitable – report
470,000 in need of shelters; 13,418 take part in biometric registration AKM Moinuddin, UNB Staff Writer Dhaka, Sept 25 – The land that has been allocated for the new site for providing shelter to Rohingyas is ‘not suitable’ for habitation…
Election win for Merkel not feel like much of a victory
By Jenny Hill BBC Berlin correspondent Angela Merkel looked exhausted, strained, as she arrived at her party headquarters in the evening after the election ended.
Global community must step up Rohingya aid: UNHCR
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filipo Grandi said on Sunday that the exodus of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar to Bangladesh is “the most urgent refugee emergency in the world” right now. Filipo Grandi told reporters in the Bangladeshi…
Seven countries seek UN council meeting on Myanmar
France, Britain, the United States and four other countries have asked the UN Security Council to meet next week to discuss the ongoing violence in Myanmar, according to a request seen by AFP on Friday. The seven countries including Egypt,…
Army joins relief operations for refugees
To bring discipline in aid operation for Rohingyas those took shelter recently fleeing the atrocities in Myanmar, members of Bangladesh Army today joined the activities, setting up control room at Ukhiya Degree College. “We have started to work to bring…
Hasina’s proposals on Rohingya crisis very positive: Prof Riaz
The five-point proposal made by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the United Nations (UN) to find solution to the Rohingya crisis is specific, which is a very positive but needs support from other countries, said an international analyst. “Bangladesh now…
PM doing politics over the Rohingya: BNP alleges
BNP on Saturday alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is ‘doing politics’ over the Rohingya issue turning down their party’s call for forging a national unity to face the crisis. “The Prime Minister described the country’s most popular party, BNP,…
5 Bangladeshi girls return after serving jail in India
Dhaka – Five Bangladeshi teenage girls returned home through Benapole check post on Friday night after serving three years jail in an Indian jail.Indian police handed the girls, hail from Barisal and Pirojpur districts, over to Benapole immigration police on…
BNP criticises PM for not blasting Myanmar at UN
BNP on Friday voiced anger at Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for not ‘denouncing’ Myanmar in her address to the United Nations General Assembly for carrying out genocide against Rohingyas in Rakhine State. “The Prime Minister this early morning addressed the…
Mymamar refugees describe military atrocities
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…
People’s tribunal finds Myanmar guilty of Rohingya genocide
The Myanmar government is guilty of genocide against the Rohingya people and other Muslim minorities, according to the international Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal, reports a Malaysian Daily. The seven-man panel tribunal announced its verdict after considering documentary and expert evidence as…