Coxsbazarjournal.com The World Food Programme (WFP) has received a significant rice donation from the Republic of Korea (ROK) for its lifesaving assistance for the Rohingya population in Bangladesh. Today, an official handover ceremony of 15,000 MT of rice from ROK was held at WFP’s Maduchara Logistics Hub in Cox’s Bazar.
Sayeed Muhammad Anwar • International Disaster Mitigation Day 2023 was celebrated with colorful arrangements at Rohingya Refugee Camp in Cox’s Bazar Ukhia. Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, Myanmar Refugee Relief Operations (MRRO) celebrated the day on Thursday (12 October 2023). The program included photo exhibition, colorful rally, tree plantation, fire drill
Imran Al Mahmud, Ukhia (Cox’s Bazar): The delegation lead by Etsuku Ida, Program Development Department Co-ordinator of Japan Platform, visited two educational institutions in Ukhia Upazila of Cox’s Bazar. On Monday (October 24) at noon, the delegation visited various renovation works of donors organization Plan International at Saleh Bulbul Lower
Imran Al Mahmud, Coxsbazarjournal.com • A 6-member delegation led by the head of the United Nations High Commission on Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, visited the Ukhiya Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar. During the discussion with the Rohingya leaders at Camp-4, they (Rohingyas) informed the delegation about going back to their
Imran Al Mahmud: A six-member delegation lead by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi visited the Rohingya camp in Ukhia, Cox’s Bazar. The delegation arrived at the Kutupalong Registered Camp in Ukhia at 9 AM on Sunday (May 22) and visited the UNHCR’s Community Center in Block-D and exchanged
Ratnapalong Union, Ukhiya. Under the financial support of Solidar Suisse, YPSA (Young Power in Social Action) began a project titled “Covid 19 Affected Rohingya and Host Communities Economic Recovery and Response Project in Cox’s Bazar Bangladesh” on February 1, 2021. The project aims to contribute to the help of struggling
Imran Al Mahmud,Ukhiya: Jalal Ahmed’s family is missing in Sonaichori village of Jaliapalong union of Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar. Shaheda Akhter Ripa, the daughter of a very poor family, gradually became known as ‘Messi‘ by practicing regularly with the boy footballers in the field nearest to her house. Seeing
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