STAFF CORRESPONDENT A member of the Kuki Chin National Front (KNF) was killed during a joint forces operation in Simpalampi Para and Tajingdong hills of Thanchi Upazila, Bandarban. One KNF member was arrested, and two guns along with various items were recovered, officials said. The incident occurred on Wednesday morning in the Simlay Para area […]Continue Reading
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NAIKHONGCHHARI CORRESPONDENT A gunfight erupted early Monday between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and a smuggling syndicate led by notorious robber Nizam at the Naikhongchhari border, leaving one gang member injured. The clash occurred around 6 am at Morichachor Malakata Ghona in the Gorjania Union, adjacent to the Naikhongchhari border in Bandarban. Lt Col Sahal Ahmed Continue Reading
UKHIA CORRESPONDENT Frequent clashes continue at the Ukhia refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar. A recent incident left 10 Rohingya injured. The severely injured were taken to various hospitals within the camp. The triangular clash occurred Friday night (May 24) in blocks E, G, and F of Rohingya camps 3 and 4 in Ukhia. Following the […]Continue Reading
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
NEWS DESK The RAB’s intelligence-based drive against the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army is continuing and operations are being launched as soon as any information is received. Commander Arafat Islam, director (legal and media wing), said this in a press conference at Karwan Bazar Media Center on Friday. He said that ARSA members were involved in […]Continue Reading
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
STAFF CORRESPONDENT, RANGAMATI/BAGHAICHHARI CORRESPONDENT A fierce gunfight between the Santu group of the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samghati Samiti (PCJSS) and the Prasit group of the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) has erupted in Baghaichhari upazila, Rangamati, causing widespread panic among locals. The violence began early Tuesday morning in the Dulobonia Continue Reading
BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested Sanju Khum Bawm, 38, a prominent member of the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), in connection with a series of violent incidents including a bank robbery and a kidnapping in Ruma, Bandarban, officials said on Thursday. The arrest took place on Wednesday evening during a targeted operation […]Continue Reading
BAGHAICHHARI CORRESPONDENT A seven-year-old boy, Romeo Tripura, has died following severe abdominal injuries caused by a bullet during a fierce shootout between two regional armed factions, the UPDF and JSS, in the remote Gandachara area of Sajek Union, Rangamati’s Baghaichhari upazila. He was undergoing treatment at Chittagong Medical Hospital when he passed away. Romeo Continue Reading
BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT A member of the Kuki Chin National Front (KNF) was killed in a military-led operation in Ruma, Bandarban, with several weapons and ammunition being recovered, authorities reported on Tuesday. The clash occurred in the afternoon in the secluded Darjeeling Para area of Ruma Upazila. Following the incident, police retrieved the body from the […]Continue Reading