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The head of Myanmar’s defence forces says that the UN has no right to interfere the country’s sovereignty, reports the Myawady Daily.Senior General Min Aung Hlaing’s remarks came after UN investigators called for the prosecution of Hliang and other top Myanmar military brass for the ‘genocide’ perpetrated against the Rohingyas.

Awami League president, prime minister Sheikh Hasina has said killers, money-launderers and interest-takers got united against her government. She fears the country will be destroyed if they could come to power. “These elements will plunder national resources, destroy the country and become cohorts of the anti-liberation forces if they come to power. So the people will have to think about them,” she told a civic reception hosted in her honour by expatriates Bangladeshis living in the USA. Sheikh Hasina criticised vehemently the formation of a new anti-government alliance led by Kamal Hossain and Badruddoza Chowdhury and wondered how they will fight corruption keeping the corrupt elements along with them. “Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman were convicted in corruption charges and we’ve brought back the money they siphoned off abroad. Now Kamal Hossain, Badruddoza Chowdhury and Mahmudur Rahman Manna will fight the graft taking these corrupt elements with them,” she said.

The Prothom Alo report on corruption at Titas Gas published last Thursday was just a tip of the iceberg regarding bribery and underhand deals in the government service sector. According to Prothom Alo investigations and inquiry reports of government agencies, a large number of Titas Gas officials, including the managing director, in league with certain dishonest industrials, have been making away with huge amounts of public funds.

New York-based Human Rights Watch has reported many Rohngyas in camps in Cox's Bazar, who are living with disabilities caused by brutal attacks by Myanmar military. "Bangladesh’s overcrowded, hilly and rain-soaked mega camp for ethnic Rohingya refugees is precarious for everyone, but especially for people with disabilities," the rights group said on Monday. More than 700,000 people reside in the camps after fleeing the Myanmar military’s campaign of ethnic cleansing more than a year ago.

A suspected drug trader was killed in what the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) called a gunfight at Beribadh in Mirpur, Dhaka early Monday.  According to the account of the law enforcers, the gunfight ensued after the cohorts of the victims opened fire on the law enforcers and the latter retaliated in their self defence when the law enforcers were conducting drives, reports news agency UNB.