UPDF member Milon Chakma dies of ‘heart attack’

March 16, 2022

Staff Correspondent: A member of the United People’s Democratic Front or UPDF has died in custody. An accused in multiple cases like murder, extortion, arson and firearms, Milon Chakma, 44, ‘died of a heart attack’ around 9:00am on Tuesday, law enforcers have said quoting doctors. A patrol team had arrested him earlier in morning. While […]Continue Reading

UPDF member shot dead in Bandarban

March 16, 2022

Staff Correspondent, Bandarban: A member of the United People’s Democratic Front or UPDF has been shot dead in Bandarban. The deceased was identified as Jwalanta Chakma, 40. Jwalanta Chakma came under a gun attack in the Punorbashopara area of the hill district’s Tonkaboti union around 5:30pm while going home in his motorcycle, and died on […]Continue Reading

UPDF members torch three vehicles in Rangamati protesting fellow’s death

March 16, 2022

Desk Report: Members of the United People’s Democratic Front (Prasit) or UPDF have set fire to three vehicles in Khagrachhari in protests of the death of their fellow Milon Chakma aka Sourav. The incident took place at Babuchhora in the hill district’s Dighinala around 5:00pm on Tuesday, police have said. Fire fighters rushed to the […]Continue Reading

Pakuyakhali Tragedy: A Story of Forgotten Genocide

September 8, 2019

Parbattanews Special: Pakuyakhali tragedy, the day of Darkness of Chittagong Hill Tracts history is on 9 September. In this day in 1996 in Rangamati, Shanti Bahini driven by Santu Larma killed 35 innocent Bengali woodmen. 28 bodies were found near the killing spot two days after killing. Dead bodies were buried in Langdu Upazilla Council […]Continue Reading

‘JSS militia’ training session busted by joint force in Rangamati; 2 arrested

December 6, 2018

parbattanews Desk: [dropcap font=”arial” fontsize=”60″]B[/dropcap]angladesh Army and Police two alleged members of JSS from Rangamati hill district on Wednesday, Dec 5, 2018. Photo: Courtesy Dhaka, Dec 5 (UNB)- A joint team comprising members of Bangladesh Army and Police arrested two alleged members of the armed wing of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Continue Reading

CHT ETHNIC LEADERS’ CRY FOR INDIGENOUS STATUS: FACTS AND FABRICATIONS

August 8, 2018

PARVEDGE HAIDER [dropcap font=”arial” fontsize=”60″]I[/dropcap]n the recent years, tribal leaders of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) have come up with a new demand of becoming Indigenous. They never talked about their newly demanded status during various events in the history of CHT, even the peace accord acknowledged these communities as ethnic tribes Continue Reading

The Politicization of Violence against Women in CHT

July 14, 2018

Maher Islam [dropcap font=”arial” fontsize=”60″]I[/dropcap]t is neither uncommon nor at all surprising to see that there are protests being held regularly in Dhaka, especially in front of Bangladesh National Museum at Shahbag and National Press Club area against the rape of the Tribal woman in CHT. It is also common to see that some of […]Continue Reading

Religion: A Tool for Grabbing Land in CHT

June 30, 2018

Maher Islam [dropcap font=”arial” fontsize=”60″]T[/dropcap]here are a good number of people on this God’s earth who are sensitive to religion. Needless to say, the sentiment of people of this subcontinent is quite indifferent. The example of ‘Two Nations Theory’, the partition of the Indian Subcontinent, several communal riots in different countries Continue Reading

One Eyed Journalism in the Society

May 2, 2018

Maher Islam: [dropcap font=”arial” fontsize=”60″]I[/dropcap]t was quite interesting to go through the write up published in Editor’s Pick section of New Age on 01 May 2018. Titled as ‘Govt must investigate CHT leader abduction case’, it was about the abduction of two women leaders of HWF. According to the write-up, ISPR has negated any role […]Continue Reading

Tears of Hill: Violence against Tribal Women in CHT

March 17, 2018

  Maher Islam [dropcap font=”arial” fontsize=”60″]A[/dropcap]t the end of the Eid holiday, a couple was returning to their workplace by bus. On the way, the bus was stopped by some miscreants including 10 to 12 female activists of a regional political party. Then they took the young woman who was sitting beside her husband away […]Continue Reading