KNF loots Sonali Bank branch in Bandarban, abducts manager

April 2, 2024

NEWS DESK Members of the militant group Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) looted approximately Tk 1.5 crore from Sonali Bank’s branch in Ruma, Bandarban, in a brazen robbery that will surely ramp up tensions in the hills. The incident occurred during Taraweeh prayers. The robbers looted 14 weapons from the Ansar members guarding the bank and […]Continue Reading

High Court orders no more hill-cutting at Sajek

April 2, 2024

NEWS DESK The High Court on Tuesday asked the government to form a monitoring team so that none could cut hills in tourist-belt regions of Sajek Valley in Rangamati without permission from the Department of Environment. The High Court also directed the environment ministry secretary to investigate, by an officer not below the rank of […]Continue Reading

Dump truck driver rescued in Bandarban After 17-hour kidnapping

March 21, 2024

BAISHARI CORRESPONDENT Naikhongchhari police in the Bandarban district have successfully rescued Didar, a dump truck driver, after a harrowing 17-hour abduction. The rescue operation took place on Thursday, March 21, in the area close to the Sonaichhari Police Outpost. Didar was abducted at approximately 7:30 PM on Wednesday, March 20. Criminals intercepted his vehicle on Continue Reading

Forest officials rescue monkey after attacks in Rangamati

March 20, 2024

STAFF REPORTER, RANGAMATI Forest Department officials have rescued a monkey that had been causing panic in Rangamati after attacking residents and damaging property. The monkey was safely captured on Wednesday afternoon in the Alam Dock Yard area of the city. Over the past few days, the monkey had reportedly entered homes in the Garjontoli and […]Continue Reading

Fuel, biscuits seized in anti-smuggling drive near Myanmar border

March 20, 2024

NAIKHONGCHHARI CORRESPONDENT Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized a cache of fuel and dry food items during a patrol near the Myanmar border in Naikhongchhari, Bandarban district. The operation, conducted on Wednesday (March 20th) at 10:50 AM, was led by Havildar Lutfor Rahman of the 11 BGB Battalion. The patrol team recovered 70 liters of octane […]Continue Reading

21 Myanmar troops await refuge in Bangladesh amid border fire

March 12, 2024

NAIKHONGCHHARI CORRESPONDENT At the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, 21 Myanmar military members are set to seek refuge following intense gunfire and a clash with the Arakan Army, which already saw 179 soldiers flee into Bangladesh. Among the escapees, Tu Yo Mong, 42, mentioned that a group still hides near the border, aiming for refuge. The Border Guard […]Continue Reading

KNF suspected in Thanchi truck arson

February 18, 2024

THANCHI CORRESPONDENT The Kuki Chin National Front (KNF) is under suspicion for allegedly setting a truck ablaze in Thanchi, Bandarban. The incident, which took place around 4 p.m. on Sunday (18 February) in the Baklai 11 Kilometer area along a border road in Thanchi, involved a dumper truck used for transporting construction materials for a […]Continue Reading

KNF shoots man in Bandarban for allegedly failing to pay extortion

February 13, 2024

BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT A man was shot in Bandarban for allegedly failing to pay extortion money to the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF). The incident took place in the Rijuk Para area of Ruma Sadar Union, where Uhlaching Marma was injured by gunfire from KNF members. Marma, who is from the area, was quickly taken to Ruma […]Continue Reading

Army’s Bandarban Region distributes educational aids in remote areas

February 8, 2024

CONTENT CREATOR, BANDARBAN Bangladesh Army’s Bandarban Region is working on the development of education for children in the backward and remote hilly areas of the hill district.  In continuation of this, on Thursday (February 8) morning, they distributed educational materials and winter clothes among 100 students at Chimbuk Para Primary School, situated at the foothills Continue Reading

Unexploded mortar shell recovered in Bandarban border

February 8, 2024

NEWS DESK An unexploded mortar shell was found abandoned in Ghumdum union of Naikhongchhari upazila in Bandarban district on Thursday. Ghumdum union ward no 5 member Md Anwar Hossein confirmed the information. He said that local children informed BGB about the abandoned mortar around 1pm. Ghumdum police outpost In-Charge Mahafuz Imtiaz Bhuaia said that BGB […]Continue Reading