DGFI officer killed in gunfight with smugglers in Bandarban: ISPR

November 14, 2022

STAFF CORRRESPONDENT, BANDARBAN A DGFI officer has been killed and a RAB member injured as joint forces clashed with smugglers in Bandarban’s Naikhyangchari on Monday (Nov. 14, 2022). The gunfight took place at Naikhyangchari’s Tumbru around 7:00 p.m., according to an ISPR press release. The deceased DGFI officer was from the Bangladesh Air Force, the […]Continue Reading

Ban on tourism in 3 upazilas of Bandarban extended till Nov 16

November 12, 2022

NEWS DESK Bandarban district administration has further extended the temporary ban on tourism in Ruma, Rowangchhari, and Thanchi upazilas till November 16 as part of security measures. A public notice regarding the extension was issued from Bandarban Deputy Commissioner’s office on Saturday following a letter from Bandarban Cantonment. Taking into consideration the safety Continue Reading

PM Hasina sincere for welfare of hill tracts people: CHT minister

November 4, 2022

STAFF CORRESPONDENT Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Minister Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing has said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is providing all kinds of assistance to improve the socio-economic condition of the people in the region. “She is very sincere for the welfare of the people living in the hill tracts,” he said while speaking as chief […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh evacuates 30 families from border amid fury in Myanmar

October 23, 2022

NEWS DESK In the face of continuous gunfire and mortar shelling inside Myanmar close to the Bangladesh border for six hours on Saturday (Oct 22, 2022), local authorities have evacuated 30 families in Dochari and Ghumdhum unions of Naikhyangchari upazila in Bandarban district. The sound and fury on the Myanmar side of the international border, […]Continue Reading

RAB nabs 7 alleged militants, 3 separatists in Chattogram Hill Tracts operation

October 20, 2022

STAFF REPORTER The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested 10 people – seven alleged members of the new militant outfit ‘Jamaatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya’ and three alleged separatists – during an operation in different areas of Bandarban and Rangamati. The RAB also said it recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition. Commander Khandaker Al […]Continue Reading

JSS killed more than 1000 Bengali families: KNF

October 19, 2022

STAFF REPORTER Claiming that Jana Sanghati Samiti, or JSS, terrorists have always been against Islam, the Kuki-Chin National Front, or KNF, has sent out a video message explaining their position on the recent joint forces operation in Bandarban. “The KNF has never been against the government. We have chosen the path of compromise by showing […]Continue Reading

Bandarabn’s Ruma, Roangchhari closed to tourists amid security concerns

October 18, 2022

DESK REPORT Local administrations have closed Bandarban’s Ruma and Roangchhari for tourists amid security concerns in the hill tracts. For a week, joint forces have been carrying out an anti-terrorist operation in Ranmagati’s Bilaichhari bordering Bandarban’s Ruma and Roangchhari. Armed terrorists have recently become more active in the hill tracts. Officials Continue Reading

Shelling resumes in Myanmar frightening Bangladeshi residents along the border

October 11, 2022

NEWS DESK The residents of Naikhyangchari in the bordering areas of Bandarban district were in a panic as the fresh sounds of firing and shelling of artillery and mortars were heard from inside Myanmar. The shelling resumed on Sunday night (Oct 9, 2022), after a break of 11 days, causing panic among several thousand villagers […]Continue Reading

BGB on highest alert along border with Myanmar: DG

October 10, 2022

NAIKHONGCHHARI CORRESPONDENT, BAISHARI CORRESPONDENT The Border Guard Bangladesh, or BGB, has been put on maximum alert along the border with Myanmar, BGB Director General Major General Shakil Ahmed has said. “Along the border, the BGB is on the highest level of alert. The BGB has a record of every bullet fired from the other side […]Continue Reading

Another Bangladeshi loses leg in landmine blast along Myanmar border

October 5, 2022

NEWS DESK A second Bangladeshi man in less than 3 weeks has lost a leg in a landmine explosion near the border with Myanmar along Naikhongchhari of Bandarban. The injured was identified as Abdul Kader, 27, a resident of Chherakum area in Dochhari union under the upazila. Several organs of his body including his eyes […]Continue Reading