Three women sent to jail in Bandarban for alleged links to KNF

April 23, 2024

Three women were detained on Saturday night in Bandarban’s Ruma area, accused of affiliating with the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), and were later sent to jail, according to officials. Identified as Lal Ruat Fel Bawm, 20, Lal Nun Pui Bawm, 19, and Lal Eng Kol Bawm, 26—all residents of Ruma’s Giryapara—the suspects appeared in court […]Continue Reading

Israeli military intelligence head resigns over Oct 7 attack failures

April 22, 2024

The head of Israeli military intelligence, who last year accepted responsibility for the failures that allowed the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct 7, has resigned, the military said in a statement on Monday. Major General Aharon Haliva was one of a number of senior Israeli commanders who said they had failed to foresee and […]Continue Reading

Family mourns as army corporal killed by KNF fire is laid to rest

April 22, 2024

STAFF REPORTER The funeral of Corporal Rafiqul Islam, who was killed by a KNF gunfire, has been completed under full military honors. Corporal Islam died in the KNF attack on Friday afternoon in the Yatri Chhauni area, which lies midway between Boro Tholi Para under the Ruma Upazila Army Camp. The attack also left two […]Continue Reading

Myanmar navy shoots two Bangladeshi fishermen on Naf River; one in critical condition

April 22, 2024

COX’S BAZAR CORRESPONDENT Two Bangladeshi fishermen have been hospitalised after being shot by the Myanmar Navy on the Naf River, near the Shah Porir Island border area in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar. The shooting incident occurred on the morning of Sunday, April 21. The victims have been identified as Mohammad Ismail and Mohammad Faruq, residents of […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh tells UN 65 sections of peace accord have been implemented

April 20, 2024

NEWS DESK Bangladesh at the 23rd session of the United Nations (UN) Permanent Forum on Indigenous People at the UN headquarters here has highlighted the progress of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord Implementation and the development of small ethnicities, ethnic groups and communities undertaken by the government. Bangladesh delegation led by Hill Chittagong Affairs Continue Reading

KNF urged to return to normal life

April 20, 2024

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT Leaders of various small ethnic groups have urged members of the Kuki Chin National Front (KNF), a regional armed group in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, to end their armed activities. This appeal came during a Saturday views exchange meeting at the Cultural Institute for Small Ethnic Groups in Bandarban. Community leaders at the […]Continue Reading

Three drones downed after explosions heard in Iran’s Isfahan: State media

April 19, 2024

Iran’s air defences have brought down three small drones over the central city of Isfahan, state media reported, hours after United States broadcasters, quoting senior US officials, said Israeli missiles had hit an Iranian site. Iranian state television reported explosions in Isfahan as air defences were activated and flights across several areas, including the capital, Continue Reading

Myanmar security personnel cleared for repatriation on Saturday, says Bangladesh Foreign Minister

April 19, 2024

NEWS DESK Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud has announced that Dhaka has authorized the repatriation of Myanmar security personnel on Saturday (April 22), contingent on weather conditions and internal factors in Myanmar. “We have given our clearance for April 22. Whether they can take back their citizens on that day will depend on the […]Continue Reading

24 more Myanmar border guard members enter Bangladesh

April 19, 2024

NEWS DESK Amid ongoing conflict between the Arakan Army insurgents and junta forces in Myanmar, 24 more members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) sought refuge in Bangladesh on Friday, 19 April. “Three BGP members entered through Teknaf’s Jhimongkhali border and eight through Naikhongchhari’s Hatimara border this afternoon,” said Shariful Islam, Continue Reading

In a rebel-held Myanmar town, fragile unity pushes junta to brink

April 18, 2024

Myawaddy, a critical trading post in Myanmar that rebel forces seized from the ruling junta last week, offers a glimpse of dynamics playing out across the Southeast Asian country as its vaunted military reels from battlefield losses, Reuters reports. At the border town’s outskirts, the site of the most intense fighting, abandoned homes sat next […]Continue Reading