BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT The Bandarban Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court has sent Akim Bawm, a chief coordinator of the women’s wing of the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), and member Lal Siyam Lom Bawm to jail. Chief Judicial Magistrate Md Nurul Haque issued the order on Saturday, a day after their arrest by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) […]Continue Reading
STAFF CORRESPONDENT, RANGAMATI Two terrorists from the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF), led by Prasit Khisa, were killed in an attack by the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS), led by Santu Larma, in Longadu upazila of Rangamati. The incident occurred on Saturday morning in the Valeedi Haat area of Baro Harikaba in Longadu. The […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Rapid Action Battalion on Friday claimed to have arrested a top coordinator of the ethnic armed group Kuki-Chin National Front’s women›s wing during the ongoing joint operation in Bandarban following the incidents of bank robberies, arms snatching, and abduction. Akim Bawm, 18, was arrested from the Laimipara area in Bandarban Sadar upzaila at […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Friday said that the banned militant outfit Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya supplied arms and ammunition for the training of the ethnic armed group Kuki-Chin National Front. CTTC chief Md Asaduzzaman during a press briefing on Friday claimed that their […]Continue Reading
UKHIA CORRESPONDENT The National Security Intelligence (NSI) detained 32 Rohingyas from a secret meeting in Ukhia, handing them over to the Ukhia police station later. The detentions took place on Friday morning (May 17) at the Global Training Center, a multi-story building in Rajapalong, Ukhia. According to reliable sources, the secret meeting was part of […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK The RAB’s intelligence-based drive against the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army is continuing and operations are being launched as soon as any information is received. Commander Arafat Islam, director (legal and media wing), said this in a press conference at Karwan Bazar Media Center on Friday. He said that ARSA members were involved in […]Continue Reading
NAIKHONGCHHARI CORRESPONDENT A counter-terrorism unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has seized eight firearms and a substantial amount of weapons-making materials during a raid on a hideout in the dense forests of Naikhongchhari, Bandarban. The raid was conducted on Wednesday evening in the Sagolkhaiya area of Naikhongchhari Upazila, near the residence of Md. Continue Reading
KHAGRACHHARI CORRESPONDENT Police have recovered the body of Ishwari Bala Tripura (58), who went missing in Khagrachhari. The body was found on Wednesday, May 15, around 11 am, on a high hill in the Kalabagan area of Bhaibonchhara Union in the district headquarters. It was later sent to the district headquarters hospital for an autopsy. […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK With a view to selling various types of goods, including handicrafts, foods and fruits produced in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), two sales and display centres have been inaugurated in Dhaka city’s Baily Road. State Minister for Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Kujendra Lal Tripura inaugurated the sales and display centres on Monday night. Taskforce […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud on Thursday said the UNHCR may involve India and China more in the process of commencing the Rohingya repatriation from Bangladesh to their land of origin Myanmar. “Internal conflicts in Myanmar are almost a century old. He emphasized that there is no alternative to increasing effective international pressure […]Continue Reading