Fighting has intensified along Rakhine State’s border with Bangladesh in southern Maungdaw Township as the Arakan Army (AA) attacks border guard police positions to seize the entire township in the state’s northwest, residents of the township say, The Irrawaddy reports. They said the ethnic army is targeting border guard police positions in the township’s south […]Continue Reading
STAFF CORRESPONDENT Police have arrested nine Chakma workers and one Bengali for allegedly kidnapping Chaihla Marma, 22, an employee at the Meghna Fresh Economic Zone in Narayanganj. The abduction took place on Wednesday night in the Tiprdi area. Authorities rescued Marma from the Goaldi area of Sonargaon Municipality on Thursday night. The suspects are: Jakmon […]Continue Reading
STAFF CORRESPONDENT, RANGAMATI The United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) has announced a dawn-to-dusk strike in Baghaichhari on Saturday, demanding a fair election and protesting threats against agents of a chairman candidate and a female vice-chairman candidate in the upcoming Baghaichhari Upazila Parishad election. The announcement was made on Friday night in a Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the government will not allow new structures in the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar that ultimately caused ecological imbalance. “It would not be wise (decision) to allow new structure in Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar as environmental and ecological imbalance has already poised there due to […]Continue Reading
The number of civilians killed by Myanmar’s junta in Byian Phyu village in Sittwe Township, Rakhine State, has reached 76, the Arakan Army (AA) said on Tuesday, The Irrawaddy reports. The armed group updated the death toll and stated that the incident is still under investigation. During the raid last Wednesday, junta troops detained Byian […]Continue Reading
STAFF CORRESPONDENT, KHAGRACHARI: A member of the UPDF Prasit Group, Redashe Marma, was killed and his mother injured in a shooting on the border between Khagrachari and Chittagong’s Fatikchari. Despite acknowledging the incident, police from Manikchari and Fatikchari stations both claim the area is outside their jurisdiction. Local and police sources said that Continue Reading