500 families displaced by KNF attack in Bandarban return home

April 5, 2024

STAFF REPORTER Approximately 500 families who fled into the jungle during a militant attack in Bangladesh’s Bandarban district returned to their homes after the assailants withdrew, residents said. The attack on Thursday night, the fourth in the region by the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) since Tuesday, involved an attempted assault on Thanchi police station. Continue Reading

Misunderstanding led to Alikadam checkpost shooting : Police

April 5, 2024

STAFF REPORTER It was misunderstanding that led to a shooting incident at a joint security checkpost in the Dim Pahar area of Bandaraban’s Alikadam, police said on Friday. Two truck assistants, Mohammad Tarek (20) and Md Arafat (26), were injured after a truck carrying bricks and sand attempted to cross the checkpost barricade around 12:45 […]Continue Reading

Terrorists attack joint forces checkpoint in Alikadam

April 4, 2024

STAFF CORRESPONDENT Armed terrorists attacked a joint forces search checkpoint in the 26 Mile Dim Pahar area of Alikadam in Bandarban district early Friday morning (April 5). Tobidur Rahman, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Alikadam Police Station, confirmed the incident. He explained that when a vehicle refused to stop for a search at the checkpoint, joint forces […]Continue Reading

‘Govt sees Bandarban incidents as warning’, says Home Minister

April 4, 2024

STAFF CORRESPONDENT Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has expressed the government’s belief that the recent incidents of bank robbery, arms looting, and kidnapping in Bandarban hill districts are “precursors to a more significant event.” He vowed to suppress the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNAF) separatist group. “Those behind these incidents will Continue Reading

Abducted Sonali Bank’s Ruma branch manager rescued

April 4, 2024

NEWS DESK Nizam Uddin, the manager of Sonali Bank’s Ruma branch in Bandarban, has been rescued 48 hours after his abduction. Director of the Legal and Media Wing of the Rapid Action Battalion Khandaker Al Moin confirmed the matter in Thursday evening. Nizam was rescued at about 7:15pm and he was taken to the local […]Continue Reading

KNF attacks Thanchi bazar again, joint forces resist

April 4, 2024

STAFF CORRESPONDENT Just hours after releasing the abducted manager of Sonali Bank’s Ruma branch, the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) launched another attack, targeting the Sonali Bank branch in Thanchi upazila. The attack, which occurred around 8:30 pm on Thursday (April 4), triggered a fierce gun battle between KNF terrorists and joint forces comprising police and Continue Reading

Home Minister: KNF involved in Bandarban bank robberies

April 3, 2024

NEWS DESK Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said that the separatist group Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) is involved in the bank robbery incidents in Ruma and Thanchi in Bandarban. He made these remarks at his office in the Secretariat, Dhaka on Wednesday. The home minister said: “KNF is a separatist group and its activities […]Continue Reading

Bandarban Sonali Bank halts operations after robbery, high alert in two districts

April 3, 2024

STAFF REPORTER Sonali Bank has temporarily halted transactions at six of its branches in Bandarban following a robbery. The suspension, effective from Wednesday afternoon, was confirmed by Saiful Aziz, GM (South) of Sonali Bank. The robbery involved 30-40 individuals using two vehicles. In response, branches in the hill districts of Rangamati and Khagrachhari are now […]Continue Reading

President seeks New Zealand’s active role to end Rohingya crisis

April 3, 2024

NEWS DESK President Mohammed Shahabuddin sought New Zealand’s active role in the international forum to end the prevailing Rohingya crisis as New Zealand’s High Commissioner in Dhaka David Pine on Wednesday paid a farewell call on him at Bangabhaban. “Bangladesh has given shelter to more than 11 lakh Rohingya people forcibly displaced from Myanmar on […]Continue Reading

Banks close in six Bandarban upazilas following robberies

April 3, 2024

DESK REPORT Banks in six upazilas of Bangladesh’s Bandarban district have suspended operations following recent robberies, with only branches in Sadar Upazila remaining open. Osman Gani, Deputy General Manager of Sonali Bank in Bandarban, confirmed the closures as a security measure. The decision comes after robberies in Thanchi Upazila on Wednesday and Ruma Upazila Continue Reading