Cox's Bazar
PM Hasina seeks UK's help to repatriate Rohingyas to Myanmar
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday called upon the United Kingdom (UK) to help repatriate the forcibly displaced Rohingyas to their motherland Myanmar.
PM urges IOM to raise more funds for Rohingyas
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to raise more funds from newer sources for assistance of the Rohingyas sheltered in Bangladesh as its Director General (DG) Amy Pope paid a courtesy call on her.
Another 88 BGP members take refuge in Bangladesh in a day
At least 88 members of the Myanmar’s border security force Border Guard Police (BGP) have escaped to Bangladesh with weapons through Shahpari island of Teknaf border in Cox's Bazar.
IOM Director General to arrive in Dhaka on Sunday
United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director General Amy Pope is coming to Dhaka on Sunday (May 5). Immigration and Rohingya issues are said to be prominent in Amy's visit.
5 die in lightning strike in Rangamati, Cox’s Bazar
Five people have died in separate lightning strikes in the two districts on Thursday (May 2). Three of them died in three upazilas of Rangamati and two in Pekua upazila of Cox's Bazar.
Fake birth registration of 153 Rohingyas, UP chairman suspended
The Local Government Division has temporarily suspended the chairman of a union at Rajnagar upazila in Moulvibazar on charges of providing fake birth registrations for 153 Rohingyas.
Farmer killed in shootout between RAB, robbers in Cox’s Bazar
A farmer was killed allegedly in crossfire during a gunfight between Rapid Action Battalion members and a gang of suspected robbers in Morarpara area of Baruakhali union in Cox's Bazar Sadar on Monday evening (April 29).
Three killed in Cox's Bazar road accident
Three people were killed following a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a microbus in Cox's Bazar's Eidgaon upazila.
How many Rohingya voters, HC asks
The High Court (HC) on Wednesday (April 24) has wanted to know how many Rohingyas are enlisted in Cox's Bazar. At the same time, the HC issued a ruling seeking to know why voting of Rohingyas should not be declared illegal.
173 Bangladeshis return home from Myanmar prisons
Some 173 Bangladeshis have returned home from Sittwe prison in Rakhine state of Myanmar. A ship carrying them arrived at Cox's Bazar Nuniachhara ghat from Sittwe Port on Wednesday (April 24) at noon.