Chakma body urges B’desh govt to withdraw magisterial powers of Army

IANS | September 22, 2024 7:35 PM

Aizawl/Agartala, Sep 22 (IANS) The Central Young Chakma Association (CYCA), the largest community-based organisation of the Chakma tribal community of Mizoram has urged the interim Bangladesh government to withdraw the magisterial and policing powers granted to the Army to ensure the protection of the indigenous people and preventing further militarisation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs) region.

Quad still focussed on maritime security, says US

Yashwant Raj | September 20, 2024 8:11 AM

Washington, Sep 20 (IANS) The Quad group of India, Australia, Japan and the US may appear to have whittled down the security cooperation part of its remit but increased cooperation in maritime security had picked up pace out of public limelight as has defence cooperation bilaterally and multilaterally between them, the United States said ahead of a meeting of the leaders of the group here in the US on Saturday.