Families decline to claim bodies of 3 KNF members killed in Bandarban

May 20, 2024

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT The families of three Kuki Chin National Front (KNF) members, who were killed in a gunfight with the army in Ruma Upazila, have not come forward to claim their bodies, authorities said. The police handed over the bodies to the Bandarban Municipality after no relatives stepped up, Bandarban Additional Superintendent of Police Raihan […]Continue Reading

Three KNF terrorists killed in gunfight with army in Bandarban

May 19, 2024

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT Three members of the Kuki Chin National Army (KNA), the armed wing of the Kuki Chin National Front (KNF), were killed in a gunfight with the army in the Ruma Upazila of Bandarban on Sunday, officials said. The confrontation occurred around noon in the Rounin Para area near the Ruma-Roangchhari border, according to […]Continue Reading

Bawm community protests against KNF terrorism

May 19, 2024

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT The Bawm community organised a human chain protest condemning the Kuki Chin National Front (KNF) for its involvement in bank robbery, kidnapping, and looting of weapons in Ruma and Thanchi upazilas of Bandarban. On Sunday afternoon, men, women, and children from the Bawm community gathered in front of the Ujani Para ICC Complex […]Continue Reading

Two sent to jail, including chief coordinator of KNF Women’s Wing in Bandarban

May 18, 2024

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT The Bandarban Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court has sent Akim Bawm, a chief coordinator of the women’s wing of the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), and member Lal Siyam Lom Bawm to jail. Chief Judicial Magistrate Md Nurul Haque issued the order on Saturday, a day after their arrest by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) […]Continue Reading

KNF’s women wing ‘chief coordinator’ held in Bandarban

May 17, 2024

NEWS DESK Rapid Action Battalion on Friday claimed to have arrested a top coordinator of the ethnic armed group Kuki-Chin National Front’s women›s wing during the ongoing joint operation in Bandarban following the incidents of bank robberies, arms snatching, and abduction. Akim Bawm, 18, was arrested from the Laimipara area in Bandarban Sadar upzaila at […]Continue Reading

Eight firearms, weapons-making materials seized in Naikhongchhari raid

May 16, 2024

NAIKHONGCHHARI CORRESPONDENT A counter-terrorism unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has seized eight firearms and a substantial amount of weapons-making materials during a raid on a hideout in the dense forests of Naikhongchhari, Bandarban. The raid was conducted on Wednesday evening in the Sagolkhaiya area of Naikhongchhari Upazila, near the residence of Md. Continue Reading

Arakan Army withholds body of Bangladeshi killed near border

May 12, 2024

NAIKHONGCHHARI CORRESPONDENT A Bangladeshi youth was shot dead by the Arakan Army (AA) inside Myanmar near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, local officials confirmed. The incident, which took place on Sunday morning around 8 AM at Arakan Ghat, about 1 kilometer from the zero line. The victim, identified as 28-year-old Abul Kalam from Bamhatirchhara village in Naikhongchhari Continue Reading

Bangladeshi shot dead by Arakan Army

May 12, 2024

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT A Bangladeshi worker was reportedly killed in a shooting by the Arakan Army at the Naikhongchhari border, officials said Sunday. The incident occurred early Sunday morning near Pillar 48 at the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Ward 9 of Naikhongchhari Sadar Union, where 26-year-old Abul Kalam – Abul Kalam was a resident of Bamhatirchhara village […]Continue Reading

Saudi Arabia inquires Bangladesh about Rohingya passport renewals

May 12, 2024

NEWS DESK The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) wanted to know the progress of efforts in renewing the passports of the Rohingyas who went to the KSA back in 1973-74 with Bangladeshi passports. Saudi Deputy Interior Minister Dr Nasser bin Abdulaziz Al-Daoud discussed the issue with Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan during a bilateral meeting at […]Continue Reading

‘No alternative to return stolen weapons’: Bawm leaders issue stern warning to KNF

May 11, 2024

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT Leaders of the Bawm Social Council in Bandarban have issued a strong warning to the Kuki Chin National Front (KNF), urging them to return to peace talks. This comes after a recent bank robbery in the region resulted in the theft of 14 weapons. In a 22-minute video message released in the Bawm […]Continue Reading