Two key accused held in murder of motorcyclist in Naikhyangchhari

April 23, 2022

Baishari Correspondent: Police have arrested two main accused in the murder case of motorcyclist Shahidul Islam in Bandarban’s Naikhyangchhari. The accused Razia Begum (18) and Anwar (30) were arrested from Eidgarh Market area on Thursday night. During the preliminary interrogation, both the arrested accused confessed to the murder said Shubash Roy, the investigation Continue Reading

Is JSS military commander Ranakaushal Chakma killed?

April 22, 2022

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Rumours have been going around social media for the last few days that Parbatta Chattogram Jana Samhati Samiti or PCJSS Military Commander Ranakaushal Chakma has been killed. On Sunday afternoon, April 17, it was learned that the terrorists of the PCJSS (Santu) were engaged in fierce gunfights with those of Kuki-Chin National Army […]Continue Reading

Motorcyclist who disappeared 48 hours ago found dead in Baishari’s remote hilly area

April 20, 2022

Baishari Correspondent A motorcyclist has been found dead 48 hours after he disappeared in Bandarban’s Naikhyangchhari upazila on Sunday evening (April 17). The dead has been identified as Shahidul Islam, son of Ishaq of Char Para village under Idgarh Union Parishad of Ramu upazila. Police say they recovered his body on Tuesday afternoon (April 19) […]Continue Reading

‘Fearful of deportation, some Rohingya in India await crossing over to Bangladesh’

April 19, 2022

News Desk: The deportation of a Rohingya woman back to Myanmar has sparked fears that India is preparing to expel many more refugees from the country, The Guardian reports. Hasina Begum, 37, was deported from Indian-administered Kashmir two weeks ago, despite holding a UN verification of her refugee status, intended to protect holders from arbitrary […]Continue Reading

Sufferings of passport seekers mount as brokers infest Khagrachhari Passport Office

April 19, 2022

Staff Correspondent, Khagrachhari Khagrachhari Regional Passport Office is so much infested with brokers and lobbyists that anybody going there would have an experience like it were the brokers and lobbyists that run the Passport Office –because they are everywhere. For this, passport service recipients suffer so much. If you do not turn to brokers and […]Continue Reading

BSF arrests Bangladeshi teen as he crosses the border to buy chocolate from India

April 18, 2022

News Desk: There is no doubt about the fact that a piece of chocolate can instantly lift up our mood. You can have chocolate in any form, and it will always feel like pure bliss. But no matter how much you love having chocolate, would you ever cross borders for it? If you think this […]Continue Reading

Tribal girl missing for five days in Kawkhali

April 18, 2022

Kawkhali Correspondent: A Tribal school going girl has remained missing for the last five days in Rangamati’s Kawkhali upazila. Her family has lodged a general diary with local police about this on Sunday, said Md Shahid Ullah, officer-in-charge at Kawkhali Police Station. According to the case, Makhyaisa Marma (18), a schoolgirl, daughter of Chaithoyaipru Marma […]Continue Reading

Myanmar’s ex-army officer calls Rohingya crackdown ‘genocide,’ offers to testify

April 17, 2022

Captain Nay Myo Thet served in Myanmar’s military for nearly six years in Rakhine state but defected in December and relocated to an area under the control of anti-junta Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) forces. In 2016, a military crackdown forced some 90,000 Rohingya to flee Rakhine state and cross into neighboring Bangladesh, while a larger one in 2017 […]Continue Reading

Fire breaks out at Guimara’s Triratna Buddha Bihar

April 17, 2022

A fire broke out at Triratna Buddha Bihar in Guimara Upazila of Khagrachhari on Sunday (April 19). The temple there, as well as three houses next to it, was reduced to ashes in the fire that took place around 2:00 pm. However, no casualties were reported. The fire is believed to have started from an […]Continue Reading

10 days on, Manikchhari businessman still missing

April 16, 2022

Manikchhari Correspondent: On the night of April 5, Md. Abdul Quader, 45, a small businessman, was abducted at Jogyachola in Khagrachhari’s Manikchhari upazila. Now 10 days into his abduction, Bengalis in the area have now become aggrieved at this and threatened to blockade the area permanently. As a result, panic has spread among the tribals. […]Continue Reading