Myanmar shelling along Bangladesh border continues; BGB patrols reinforced

September 21, 2022

NAIKHONGCHHARI CORRESPONDENT Wednesday morning, it was exactly 8:49. Myanmar’s security forces fired two mortar shells, one from Myanmar’s Tumbru Right Camp at Bangladesh’s Pillar No. 34 and the other from Myanmar’s Kokkotoingya Camp at Bangladesh’s Pillar No. 37. The people of Tumbru were scared when the first mortar shell went off on Continue Reading

No-man’s land Rohingyas turn to UN for protection from ‘Myanmar junta attack’

September 20, 2022

NAIKHYANCHHARI CORRESPONDENT Rohingya refugees living in the no-man’s land, a strip of land along Bangladesh-Myanmar border and near Tugmbru of Bandarban’s Naikhyanchhari upazila, have called on the United Nations to ensure their security amid a slew of violent incidents near the border. They wrote to the United Nations upon reaching a consensus about this at Continue Reading

Bangladeshi injured in mine blast along Myanmar border in Bandarban

September 16, 2022

GHUMDHUM CORRESPONDENT, NAIKHONGCHHARI, BANDARBAN A tribal Bangladeshi was seriously injured in a mine explosion along the Myanmar border in Bangladesh’s Bandarban. The incident took place at the Zero Line near Pillar No 35 of the Tumbru border in the hill district’s Naikhongchhari upazila around 1:30 pm on Friday (Sept 16, 2022). The victim has been […]Continue Reading

Bullets from Myanmar once again land in Bangladesh

September 15, 2022

NAIKHONGCHHARI CORRESPONDENT, BANDARBAN Two bullets fired from Myanmar have once again been found at Ghumdhum Tumbru border in Bandarban’s Naikhongchhari. Jhinuk Tanchangya, a child daughter of Tumbru Headman Para’s Usain Tanchangya’s, found two bullets while playing in front of his house on Thursday (September 15). After a four-day pause, locals said, sounds of gunfire Continue Reading

Fighting between Myanmar security forces, Arakan army re-erupts; border road construction in Bandarban halted

September 6, 2022

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, BANDARBAN Myanmar security forces have once again been involved in a fierce clash with the Arakan Army (AA), a rebel group in Myanmar. The sound of heavy shelling that resumed on Tuesday (Sept 6) following a two-day lull, sent panic among Bangladeshi people living along the Naikhongchhari border in Bandarban. Bangladeshis on the […]Continue Reading

Myanmar violates Bangladesh airspace, fires mortar shells

September 3, 2022

STAFF CORRESPONDENT/BANDARBAN AND BAISHARI CORRESPONDENTS Two mortar shells fired from Myanmar’s warplanes have once again landed inside Bangladesh. On Saturday (Sept 3) at 9:30 am, those shells fell in the Ghumdhum area of Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban. This is the third time such incidents have happened. Bandarban Superintendent of Police (SP) Tariqul Islam Continue Reading

Border road project works in Bangladesh’s Ghumdhum halted as Myanmar military, Arakan army fight on

September 2, 2022

NAIKHONGCHHARI CORRESPONDENT A fierce fighting between the Myanmar army and the Arakan army in the Rakhine State has brought to a halt the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Border Road Project work in Ghumdhum area of Bandarban’s Naikhongchhari upazila. Stopping the project work, some 600 workers have escaped to safety. They said they are afraid of […]Continue Reading

One army man killed, three others injured in Bandarban road crash

August 16, 2022

THANCHI CORRESPONDENT, BANDARBAN An army man has died and three others have sustained serious injuries as an army jeep fell into a deep ditch on the Alikadam-Thanchi road in Bandarban on Tuesday (August 16, 2022). The deceased was identified as Shimul, 28, a soldier of 16 ECBs of the army and the injured were identified […]Continue Reading

JSS terrorist held with kata rifle in Bandarban

August 1, 2022

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT A JSS terrorist has been apprehended by the army in possession of a locally made (kata) rifle during a drive in front of the Bandarban Awami League office. The arrested was identified as Pulak Tangchangya, 45, a collector of Jana Samhati Samiti (JSS). Tipped off, an army team apprehended him in possession of […]Continue Reading

Amid threat of KNF attacks, 23 families flee to Bandarban from Rangamati

July 1, 2022

STAFF REPORTER Fearing for their safety amid attack threats by Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), more than 23 families from several neighbourhoods of Barathali Union in Rangamati’s Bilachhari Upazila have taken refuge in the neighbouring Bandarban. They moved to Roangchhari Upazila in Bandarban, adjacent to Barathali. Later, they took shelter in different parts of Continue Reading