Contractor abandons ICT Building construction at Thanchi College

July 1, 2025

THANCHI CORRESPONDENT, BANDARBAN The construction of the ICT building at Thanchi College in Bandarban has been stalled for three years. As a result, over a hundred students are unable to access digital classes and computer-based education. The Bangladesh Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education initiated a project in 2022-23 to build the ICT building with […]Continue Reading

Khudro Nri-gosthi Institutes to be renamed, says Cultural Adviser

June 27, 2025

STAFF REPORTER The government has decided to rename seven cultural institutions across Bangladesh—currently operating under different titles—with the aim of preserving and promoting the cultural heritage of the country’s khudro nri-gosthi (small ethnic groups). The new unified name will be Jati Boichitro Institute (Institute of Ethnic Diversity). The decision was confirmed Continue Reading

Retired army member killed in road accident in Bandarban

May 21, 2025

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT A retired army member, Rezaul Karim, 43, was killed in a road accident on Tuesday morning after a bus hit his motorcycle in the Meghla Talukdarpara area on the Bandarban–Keranihat road. Karim, a resident of Shekherkhilla in Pekua upazila of Cox’s Bazar and the son of the late Badiul Alam, was travelling towards […]Continue Reading

Khiyang woman found dead in Bandarban forest, locals allege gang rape and murder

May 6, 2025

Police have recovered the body of a woman in a remote forested area of Bandarban’s Thanchi upazila, amid allegations from locals that she was gang-raped and murdered. The victim, identified as 29-year-old Chingma Khiyang, went missing on Sunday after leaving home for jhum cultivation in the hills near Tindu Union. She did not return, prompting […]Continue Reading

Nine abducted at gunpoint in Bandarban’s Lama

April 8, 2025

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT At least nine people, including two tobacco farmers and seven farm workers, were abducted at gunpoint from a remote area of Lama upazila in Bandarban early Monday. The incident took place around 1:00am in the Lemupalong area of Sroi Union, said police and local sources. The abducted farmers have been identified as Md […]Continue Reading

Youth loses leg in ‘landmine blast’ along Myanmar border

March 27, 2025

NEWS DESK A young man has reportedly lost part of his leg in a suspected landmine explosion along the Naikhongchhari border in Bandarban. The incident occurred on Wednesday evening inside Myanmar territory, near border pillar 49 at Lembuchhari in Dochhari Union, according to locals. The injured, 20-year-old Mohammad Shahidullah, is the son of Badsha Mia […]Continue Reading

50 towers in the mountains closed due to ‘sabotage’: Robi

March 27, 2025

NEWS DESK Mobile network operator Robi has said more than 50 of its towers in Bangladesh’s hilly regions have been shut down over the past three months due to power and fibre cable cuts. In a media statement on Thursday, the company claimed miscreants had an “extortion motive” behind such activities. “The criminal ring has […]Continue Reading

Man arrested for ‘attempted rape’ of Khyang girl in Bandarban

March 13, 2025

NEWS DESK A construction worker has been arrested for allegedly attempting to rape a 17-year-old girl of the Khyang community with mental health condition in Bandarban’s Rowangchhari upazila, after the incident was initially attempted to be settled through local arbitration (salish). Jamal Hossain, a road repair worker from Patuakhali, was detained on Tuesday, a day Continue Reading

Bengali women in CHT gain access to midwifery diploma following policy change

March 5, 2025

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, KHAGRACHHARI Bengali women in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) are now eligible to apply for a three-year midwifery diploma after a change in admission criteria. The move follows a report by Parbatta News, which raised concerns about ethnic bias against Bengali communities. A notice issued on March 2 had limited the United Nations […]Continue Reading

300 ethnic minority women to get free midwifery training in CHT; Bengalis decry exclusion 

March 4, 2025

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, KHAGRACHHARI A UN-funded initiative to train 300 ethnic minority women as midwives in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) has sparked controversy, with Bengali residents alleging systemic exclusion. The UN Population Fund (UNFPA)-funded three-year Diploma in Midwifery aims to reduce maternal and child mortality in the CHT districts of Khagrachhari, Continue Reading