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Shrouded in her son’s memory, Nasrin Akhter is now bed-ridden and anxiously passing her time. The mother can now only hope that her son, Ishrak Ahmed Fahim, a student of Mcgill University in Canada, who went missing from the capital’s Dhanmondi on August 26, will return soon. Ishrak’s father, Jamal Uddin Ahmed, has asked for help from everyone – the police, Rab and DB – to find his son. Yet, Ishrak remains traceless. Like Ishrak,…

Report in ProthomAlo, Sept 27, 2017 HasinaRuling Awami League organising secretary Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury on Tuesday said conspiracies against prime minister Sheikh Hasina are being hatched not just internationally but inside the party, too. “The real intention of these conspirators is unmasked in times of crisis. We’ve seen this during the emergency government after 1/11 (11 January 2007 takeover),” he said. Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury made the observation at a meeting of Dhaka South Awami League…

by Abdul Aziz in Dhaka Tribune, Sept 26, 2017 Cox’s Bazar: The Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) has been repairing the barbed wire fence at the Bangladesh-Myanmar border for the past three days. On Monday, the BGP members were seen deployed near Ghumdhum, Tumbru and Jolpaitoli border areas in Naikhongchhari upazila. Locals believe that Myanmar is reinforcing the damaged fence to prevent the Rohingya refugees from returning to their country. Since the repair started, camps…

by Tarek Mahmud in Dhaka Tribune, Sept 24, 2017 at 10:21 PM RAB has arrested two suspected militants in separate drives across Dhaka on Sunday. The arrestees are Chowdhury Hamdan bin Firoze, alias Muhit, 43, and Ruhullah Atique, alias Nurullah, 32. A statement released by Additional Superintendent of Police Md Shakil Ahmed of RAB-11 confirmed that Firoze had trained militant activists in Kung Fu, a branch of Chinese martial arts. The duo were arrested from…

by Fazlur Rahman Raju in Dhaka Tribune, Sept 25, 2017 Bikalpadhara Bangladesh President AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury and Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain have jointly urged people to be united and to make sure the democratic rights of the Rohingya were being preserved in the spirit of independence. The leaders made the call at a programme titled “National committee on how to resolve the national crisis” at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh on Thursday. Politicians…

by Arifur Rahman Rabbi in Dhaka Tribune, Sept 20, 2017 at 10:51 PM The government on Wednesday approved the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Anti-Terrorism Unit. The Home Ministry issued a notification after the approval of the Ministry of Home and Finance. DMP Headquarters Assistant Inspector General (AIG) (Intelligence and Special Affairs) Md Moniruzzaman confirmed the approval of the unit and said they will begin working soon. “The police wanted this unit for a long time.…

Report on Prothom Alo, Sept 20, 2017 at 21.14hrs Dr Kamal HossainGano Forum on Wednesday proposed the election commission (EC) to ensure the neutral role of the election-time government and proper enforcement of laws during the next general elections, reports UNB. A 10-member delegation of Gano Forum, led by its president Kamal Hossain, placed its 22-point proposal at the EC’s dialogue held at Nirbachan Bhaban. Chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda chaired the meeting. “The…

by Mo Chaudhury in Bdnews24.com, Sept 18, 2017 Absent any national refugee laws in Bangladesh, the legal status of the Rohingyas as foreigners impedes efforts to garner much needed international cooperation and financial assistance. Beyond this legal limbo, a viable Rohingya solution for Bangladesh rests on placing the Rohingya problem in the context of dynamics inside Myanmar and the geopolitical and economic interests of some large stakeholders. This piece proposes a Rohingya strategy for Bangladesh…

Report in Dhaka Tribune, Sept 18, 2017 at 07:42 PM Ripon Chakma’s octogenarian parents were visiting the village of Manikjor Chhora in the southeast of Bangladesh for a religious ceremony when the arson attack took place in early June. Chakma’s parents survived, but an elderly neighbour, Gunamala Chakma, succumbed to the flames that engulfed her mud-walled home. Police said settler Bengalis, the majority ethnic group, set light to more than 200 homes and shops of…

by Fazlur Rahman Raju in Dhaka Tribune, Sept 18, 2017 at 07:16 PM An Awami League delegation, set to leave for Beijing next month, is preparing to urge the Chinese government to mount pressure on Myanmar to take back the Rohingya. The 19-member delegation will be in China from October 10 to October 27 and attend the 19th National Congress of Communist Party of China (CPC) upon invitation. The congress, during which a majority of…