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Clashes in Myanmar cause panic, displacement in bordering Bangladeshi union

January 30, 2024

GHUMDHUM CORRESPONDENT The Ghumdhum border area in Bangladesh’s Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban has been plunged into a state of panic and displacement due to ongoing clashes between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army, a rebel group. Residents of the area have reported an increase in fear as the sound of gunfire and shelling intensifies, […]Continue Reading

5 UPDF members sent to jail in Rangamati

January 30, 2024

NEWS DESK A Rangamati court on Tuesday ordered that five members of the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF-Prasit Group) arrested in Rangamati’s Baghaichari upazila be sent to jail. The arrestees are Biplap Chakma, 33, Mithun Chakma, 28, Riton Chakma, 33, Ratoe Chakma, 23, and Padma Ranjan Chakma, 42. The security forces arrested them in a […]Continue Reading

Myanmar conflict prompts closure of five border schools in Bangladesh

January 29, 2024

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT Amidst escalating tensions in Myanmar, authorities in Bangladesh have announced a temporary closure of five government primary schools along the Naikhongchhari Ghumdhum border in Bandarban. This measure comes in response to intensifying clashes between Myanmar’s military forces and rebel groups, which have instilled fear among local border Continue Reading

Sniper shoots dead Myanmar brigadier-general in helicopter

January 29, 2024

Four members of the Myanmar security services including a brigadier-general were shot dead by sniper fire on Monday as their helicopter prepared to land, a military source told AFP, AFP reports. Brigadier-general Aye Min Naung, his personal security officer and two pilots were shot by a “sniper” as their helicopter prepared to land at eastern […]Continue Reading

Nightguard hacked to death in Rohingya camp

January 29, 2024

NEWS DESK A Rohingya was hacked to death by unidentified criminals at a refugee camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Md Yasin, 43, of Block C/1 under camp 15, said Shamim Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Ukhiya Police Station. Yasin was a night guard at an NGO-run […]Continue Reading

Three US troops killed, up to 34 injured in Jordan drone strike linked to Iran

January 28, 2024

Three US service members were killed and dozens wounded during an unmanned aerial drone attack on US forces stationed in northeastern Jordan near the Syrian border, President Joe Biden and US officials said on Sunday, Reuters reports. Biden blamed Iran-backed groups for the attack, the first deadly strike against US forces since the Israel-Hamas war […]Continue Reading

Security beefed up along Myanmar border

January 28, 2024

NEWS DESK Security along the Myanmar border has been beefed up after the ongoing conflict in Rakhine state of Myanmar intensified along the Bangladesh border in Cox’s Bazar. Meanwhile, 34 Border Guard Bangladesh Battalion in Cox’s Bazar, in a press release, said 13 mortar shells and one bullet from Myanmar were found on Bangladesh’s side […]Continue Reading

Three ‘Arsa men’ held in Rab raid

January 27, 2024

Rab on Thursday arrested three key members of Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, an insurgent group, at a refugee camp in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar. Lt Col Sazzad Hossain, commander of Rab-15, said after the arrests, 22 firearms and over 100 bullets were seized during a raid on Camp 20 (Extension). He said the arrestees were Usman, […]Continue Reading

MNP threatens war against JSS in Chittagong Hill Tracts

January 27, 2024

PARBATTA NEWS REPORT Marma National Party (MNP) has threatened to wage war against the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (JSS), alleging the deployment of three platoons of armed terrorists in the Chittagong Hill Tracts regions of Kaptai, Bilaichhari, and Bandarban. The MNP has set a deadline of February 1st for the withdrawal of these forces, […]Continue Reading

Dhaka welcomes ICJ ruling to prevent genocide in Gaza

January 27, 2024

Bangladesh has welcomed the International Court of Justice (ICJ) order to take action to prevent the acts of genocide committed by Israel against the Palestinians as the country wages an offensive in the Gaza Strip. It also promised support to South Africa, which filed an appeal with the top UN Court, alleging that Israel was […]Continue Reading

Clashes in Myanmar cause panic, displacement in bordering Bangladeshi union

5 UPDF members sent to jail in Rangamati

Myanmar conflict prompts closure of five border schools in Bangladesh

Sniper shoots dead Myanmar brigadier-general in helicopter

Nightguard hacked to death in Rohingya camp

Three US troops killed, up to 34 injured in Jordan drone strike linked to Iran

Security beefed up along Myanmar border

Three ‘Arsa men’ held in Rab raid

MNP threatens war against JSS in Chittagong Hill Tracts

Dhaka welcomes ICJ ruling to prevent genocide in Gaza

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