33, including two Myanmar border guards, wash up on Saint Martin’s Island

July 5, 2024

TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT Thirty-three people, including two members of Myanmar’s Border Guard, were stranded on Saint Martin’s Island after their trawler’s engine failed, officials said on Friday. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Coast Guard personnel took the group into custody and housed them at a hotel on the island’s northern beach, said Mujibur Continue Reading

Sami-Ud-Dowla Chy made ISPR director

July 5, 2024

NEWS DESK Lieutenant Colonel Sami-Ud-Dowla Chowdhury of the Bangladesh Army has been deputed to the Inter-Services Public Relation Directorate as its director. His job has been placed under the defence ministry. The public administration ministry issued a gazette notification on the appointment on Wednesday. Sami-Ud-Dowla will replace Lieutenant Colonel Abu Hayder Continue Reading

Army provides free medical services to impoverished families in Bandarban

July 5, 2024

THANCHI CORRESPONDENT The Bangladesh Army has provided free medical services to impoverished families and those who were displaced by the violence of the Kuki Chin National Front last year and have since returned to the border areas of Ruma and Thanchi upazilas in Bandarban. The medical camp was held on Friday at 11 AM by […]Continue Reading

AA troops surround last Myanmar junta base in Maungdaw, Rakhine

July 4, 2024

Arakan Army (AA) troops have entered Maungdaw town in Rakhine State after seizing all junta positions including border guard police bases north and south of the town, sources close to the AA told The Irrawaddy on Thursday. The only junta presence left in Maungdaw Township is Border Guard Police Battalion 5 in Myo Thugyi ward […]Continue Reading

Mahalchhari Army Zone builds new house for impoverished Chakma family

July 4, 2024

MAHALCHHARI CORRESPONDENT A poor Chakma family has received a new house constructed with the support of the Mahalchhari Army Zone in the Khagrachari Region, as part of the human development program in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. On Thursday, Nitimoy Chakma (Tatru), a resident of Dhumunighat New Para in Mahalchhari, was handed over a newly built […]Continue Reading

Rohingya minority in firing line as rebels attack western Myanmar town

July 3, 2024

NEWS DESK It was soon after afternoon prayers at a mosque near western Myanmar’s Maungdaw town last month that 45-year-old Abdur said he looked up and spotted a drone hovering above. It was armed. “Within seconds, there was an explosion, and I lost consciousness,” said the bearded farmer, asking only to use his first name […]Continue Reading

Rohingya night guard killed in Ukhia camp

July 3, 2024

NEWS DESK A Rohingya night guard was shot dead in a fierce fight between two groups at Ukhia camp in Cox’s Bazar on Monday night. The deceased is Muhammad Salim, 30, son of Maqbul Hossain of Block E-3 of Rohingya Camp 14 at Hakimpara of Ukhia. Two more Rohingyas were injured in this incident. They […]Continue Reading

Indian navy chief calls on army chief

July 1, 2024

NEWS DESK Visiting Indian Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi on Monday paid a courtesy call on Bangladesh Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman at Army Headquarters in Dhaka. During the meeting, the army chief exchanged pleasantries with Indian navy chief, said an ISPR release. Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi congratulated General Waker-Uz-Zaman for taking the charge of […]Continue Reading

Army distributes sports equipment in Dighinala

July 1, 2024

DIGHINALA CORRESPONDENT The army has distributed sports equipment for football, volleyball and cricket in Dighinala, Khagrachari. The distribution took place on Monday, July 1, at Jarulchari Headman’s Para Lower Secondary School in Dighinala Upazila. Dighinala Zone Commander Lt. Col. Md. Omar Farooq, PSC, attended the event, along with Dighinala Zone Adjutant Capt. M.A. Continue Reading

Army provides free medical services in Panchari

July 1, 2024

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, PANCHARI The Bangladesh Army provided free medical services to over 300 underprivileged and needy individuals in Panchari Upazila, Khagrachari, on Monday. The services were offered from 9 AM in the Nabinchand Para area, organized by the Khagrachari Sadar Army Zone under the supervision of the Khagrachari Region. Nearly 300 impoverished and sick Continue Reading