Rohingya rights groups have expressed grave concern about an online propaganda war being stepped up by the Myanmar Army, the Tatmadaw, in Rakhine State. The Tatmadaw is trying to instigate more conflicts between Rohingya and Rakhine people and destroy their peaceful co-existence in the state, 29 Rohingya organisations alleged in
Traffic interruption in internet usage in some parts of the country will start after midnight today as cable diversion activity of i2i is expected to start tentatively from that time. “As per the latest DPR (Development Progress Review) received from cable ship today, cable diversion activity of i2i is expected
A student of the Dhaka University has made a portrait sculpture of Barrister Syed Sayedul Haque Suman as a token of love and respect to him. The student was identified as Uttam Kumar, a resident student of Jagannath Hall of the university. Barrister Suman shared the photo of the sculpture
Myanmar said on Thursday a request by the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to seek jurisdiction over suspected deportations of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar to Bangladesh was “meritless and should be dismissed”. Judges at the court had asked Myanmar to respond to the request by July 27. The office of
The alleged gunfights took place in Rajshahi and Munshiganj Two suspected drug peddlers have been killed in what the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) described as gunfights, in Rajshahi and Munshiganj. In Munshiganj, RAB claimed they raided Sreenagar, on Sunday morning, after being tipped- off that drugs were being sold in
Growing tourism and unplanned development have threatened the biodiversity of St. Martin’s Island, the nestling ground of the endangered Olive Ridley turtles and the country’s only coral belt in the Bay of Bengal. Researchers have complained that dumping of garbage, including polythene bags, on the coast have cast a shadow
