COX’S BAZAR | 5:45 PM (BDT) Bangladesh officials say plans to begin repatriating more than 700,000 Rohingya…
LOOKEAST REPORT | Police vehicles have been set on fire by BNP activists in Naya Paltan during…
AGARTALA | The Tripura government will soon start dialogue for purchase of 26% equity shares of the…
LOOKEAST EXCLUSIVE | Indian Intelligence agencies have picked up ‘inputs’ about ULFA–I military wing chief Paresh Barua…
LOOKEAST REPORT | Deeper regional trade and connectivity has the potential to more than triple India’s trade…
Bangladesh Scraps Rohingya Repatriation Plan
COX’S BAZAR | 5:45 PM (BDT) Bangladesh officials say plans to begin repatriating more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees to Myanmar have been scrapped after officials failed to find any who wanted to go. Refugee Commissioner Abul Kalam told media on Thursday that the refugees “are not willing to go back now,” adding that officials “can’t force them to go” but will continue to try to “motivate them so it happens.” The announcement came after about 1,000 Rohingya demonstrated against returning to Myanmar, from where hundreds of thousands fled army–led violence last year. A UN–brokered deal between Myanmar and Bangladesh says refugees can only be repatriated voluntarily. UN officials and human–rights groups cautioned against beginning the process before the refugees’ safety had been assured. At… …. →
Falsehoods Galore Before Bangladesh Polls
TAHSEEN ALI | Bangladesh is preparing for national elections at the end of the year. As usual, a concerted disinformation campaign is being waged against the government by opposition groups. Opponents are crying foul in regional publications like South Asian Monitor.com over what they call an authoritarian crackdown on dissent. This is untrue. Bangladesh is home to hundreds of media outlets, each with its own point of view. Occasionally, street protests are reined in, but only… …. →
COX’S BAZAR | 5:45 PM (BDT) Bangladesh officials say plans to begin repatriating more than 700,000 Rohingya…
LOOKEAST REPORT | Police vehicles have been set on fire by BNP activists in Naya Paltan during…
TAHSEEN ALI | Bangladesh is preparing for national elections at the end of the year. As usual,…
COX’S BAZAR & YANGON | Dozens of Rohingya Muslim families on a list of refugees set to…
DHAKA | Bangladesh cabinet endorsed a protocol signed with India to dredge out about 470 kilometre river…
DHAKA | The Bangladesh Election Commission rescheduled the 11th parliamentary election fixing the last date of nomination…
AGARTALA | The Tripura government will soon start dialogue for purchase of 26% equity shares of the…
YANGON / COX’S BAZAR | Dozens of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and Bangladesh have boarded boats to…
DHAKA | BSS Bangladesh Election Commission set December 23 for the 11th parliamentary election. “The voting will…
LOOKEAST REPORT | The ULFA has denied intelligence reports about their leader Paresh Barua succumbing to injuries…
LOOKEAST REPORT | Police vehicles have been set on fire by BNP activists in Naya Paltan during…
TAHSEEN ALI | Bangladesh is preparing for national elections at the end of the year. As usual,…
DHAKA | The Bangladesh Election Commission rescheduled the 11th parliamentary election fixing the last date of nomination…
DHAKA | BSS Bangladesh Election Commission set December 23 for the 11th parliamentary election. “The voting will…
DHAKA | BSS The much–anticipated dialogue between the 14–party alliance and the National Unity Front (NUF) kicked…
MANOJ JOSHI | It’s a measure of our attitude to neighbours that the outcome of the third,…
M NURUL HAYAT CHOWDHURY | Cracks have surfaced within the Hefajat–e–Islam over a proposed public reception to…
SWADESH ROY | The eleventh parliament election of Bangladesh is coming soon. Most probably, it will be…
INAM AHMED / SHAKHAWAT LITON | He was hardly known to outsiders until his father, General Ziaur…
LOOKEAST REPORT | A crude bomb exploded at the crowded marketplace in Dum Dum on the northern…
DHAKA | Bangladesh cabinet endorsed a protocol signed with India to dredge out about 470 kilometre river…
AGARTALA | The Tripura government will soon start dialogue for purchase of 26% equity shares of the…
LOOKEAST REPORT | Deeper regional trade and connectivity has the potential to more than triple India’s trade…
STEPHEN LEAHY | The world’s rarest great ape, discovered only in 2017, will not survive the building…
INAM AHMED / SHAKHAWAT LITON | He was hardly known to outsiders until his father, General Ziaur…
LOOKEAST REPORT | Bangladesh is likely to be one of the biggest mover in the global gross…
LOOKEAST REPORT | Chinese Consul General in Kolkata Ma Zhanwu said his country was mooting a bullet…
LOOKEAST REPORT | A nationwide poll of Bangladeshis released by the International Republican Institute’s (IRI) Center for…
KATHMANDU | India and Nepal Friday exchanged an MoU to build a strategic railway line connecting Bihar’s…
LOOKEAST REPORT | There is huge potential for entrepreneurship in solar energy but businesspersons in eastern India…
COX’S BAZAR | 5:45 PM (BDT) Bangladesh officials say plans to begin repatriating more than 700,000 Rohingya…
LOOKEAST REPORT | Police vehicles have been set on fire by BNP activists in Naya Paltan during…
TAHSEEN ALI | Bangladesh is preparing for national elections at the end of the year. As usual,…
COX’S BAZAR & YANGON | Dozens of Rohingya Muslim families on a list of refugees set to…
DHAKA | Bangladesh cabinet endorsed a protocol signed with India to dredge out about 470 kilometre river…
YANGON / COX’S BAZAR | Dozens of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and Bangladesh have boarded boats to…
LOOKEAST REPORT | The ULFA has denied intelligence reports about their leader Paresh Barua succumbing to injuries…
LOOKEAST REPORT | Senior ULFA sources have admitted that their military wing chief Paresh Barua had met…
LOOKEAST EXCLUSIVE | Indian Intelligence agencies have picked up ‘inputs’ about ULFA–I military wing chief Paresh Barua…
DHAKA | BSS The much–anticipated dialogue between the 14–party alliance and the National Unity Front (NUF) kicked…
COX’S BAZAR & YANGON | Dozens of Rohingya Muslim families on a list of refugees set to…
BELINDA GOLDSMITH | An Indian campaigner supporting women survivors of violence in northeast India was named as…
LOOKEAST REPORT | Indian media came down heavily on ruling Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah’s reference…
LOOKEAST REVIEW | The book, A Mandala of 21st Century Perspectives, is the proceedings of the international…
LOOKEAST REPORT | There is huge potential for entrepreneurship in solar energy but businesspersons in eastern India…
LOOKEAST REPORT | The student protests in Bangladesh for road safety has come to an end. Prime…
ANINDITA DASGUPTA | Ever since the time of Independence, the constant political refrain in this pivotal state…
LOOKEAST REPORT | Assam will release the second draft of its National Register of Citizens. If the name…
LOOKEAST REPORT | Facing eviction and possible deportation, Bangladeshis and Rohingyas went on a rampage in Manipur,…
LOOKEAST REPORT | Union home minister Rajnath Singh has sought to assuage minorities in Assam that all…
Inputs’ About Paresh Barua Having Died !
LOOKEAST EXCLUSIVE | Indian Intelligence agencies have picked up 'inputs' about ULFA–I military wing chief Paresh Barua having died after… Read more…
Paresh Baruah | China Denies Given Shelter
BEIJING | IANS China denied giving shelter to Paresh Baruah, the chief of banned outfit… Read more…
