STAFF REPORTER A total of 335 UPDF (United People’s Democratic Front) leaders and supporters have been killed in the last 24 years, the Hill Women’s Federation has claimed. Of them, 262 were killed by JSS-Santu Larma (Jana Samhati Samiti – Santu Larma) alone, Niti Chakma, president of the Federation, said while reading out a statement […]Continue Reading
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STAFF REPORTER A UPDF member was killed in JSS firing on the banks of The Maini River in the border area of Rangamati’s Longdu upazila and Khagrachhari’s Dighinala upazila. The deceased was also identified as Vinay Chakma, 24, son of Rupen Vikas Chakma of Balumura area in Rangamati’s Naniyarchar upazila. Locals said the incident took […]Continue Reading
STAFF REPORTER One person was killed in a gunfight between two armed rival groups of UPDF (Core) and UPDF (Democratic) Taindong area of Matiranga upazila of Khagrachhari. The gunfight took place for around an hour from around 5:00pm on Monday (July 18) near the Tanakka Para BGB camp in the union of Matiranga upazila. On […]Continue Reading
STAFF CORRESPONDENT, COX’S BAZAR The Armed Police Battalion (APBn) arrested a top leader of Al-Yakin, an armed insurgency group that fights for establishing the rights of Rohingyas in Myanmar, on Saturday. Abu-Bakkar alias Zameer Hossain alias Hafez Monir, 37, son of Noor Mohammad, was arrested from East B/74 of Ukhia Palangkhali Camp-8 around 8 pm […]Continue Reading
BAGHAICHARI CORRESPONDENT A former UPDF activist has allegedly been abducted by armed terrorists of JSS-Santu from his house in Gangaram Duluchari area of Ward No. 5 of Sajek Union in Baghaichari upazila of Rangamati. Robin Chakma (40), alias Guroye, was abducted at 10:00pm on Friday, July 15, 2022, said Argent Chakma, coordinator of the Sajek […]Continue Reading
TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT The Armed Police Battalion, or APBn, have arrested three Rohingya terrorists in possession of a one-shooter gun (LG), two rounds of fresh bullets and two machetes in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila. They were arrested from Teknaf Nayapara Registered Camp around 5:00pm on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. The arrested were identified as Md Hossain, […]Continue Reading
BAGHAICHHARI CORRESPONDENT A man was shot dead in a fierce gunfight between UPDF (Prasit) and JSS in the Oltachari area adjacent to Khagrachhari’s Dighinala Narailchari on Tuesday morning, July 12, 2022. The man was identified as Jiban Tripura, 26, a post collector of the UPDF (United People’s Democratic Front). The UPDF condemned the killing and […]Continue Reading
EIDGAON CORRESPONDENT, COX’S BAZAR Police have arrested a man in possession of an illegal firearm and three live bullets in Eidgaon upazila of Cox’s Bazar. The man – identified as Sahab Uddin (32) Prakash Gailaya, son of late Abdul Hamid, hailing from Ward No 6 of East Yusufkhil of the upazila’s Islamabad Union – was […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK The Armed Police Battalion seized one United States-made assault rifle, a pistol and a cache of ammunition at Moynarghona Rohingya camp at Ukhia in Cox’s Bazar on Thursday night, June 16, 2022, and arrested two Rohingya men early Friday, June 17, 2022, in connection with the arms. The arrested are Mohammad Hossain, 30, […]Continue Reading
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Reports of massive gunfights between JSS (Santu) and UPDF (Prasit) in Dighinala and Panchhari of Khagrachhari resulting in several casualties have gone viral on social media since Saturday morning. Although neither side has officially acknowledged this, various Facebook IDs, pages and groups run by them have claimed that gunfights between them did Continue Reading