RSO member kidnapped, shot dead in Ukhia

February 6, 2024

NEWS DESK In Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhia upazila, a Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO) member was kidnapped and later shot dead at the Kutupalong Rohingya camp.  The incident, attributed to Arakan Salvation Army (ARSA) terrorists by law enforcement, occurred early Tuesday. The victim, 35-year-old Mohammad Jalil, hailed from block A, camp number 4 in Kutupalong.  Md Continue Reading

Nightguard hacked to death in Rohingya camp

January 29, 2024

NEWS DESK A Rohingya was hacked to death by unidentified criminals at a refugee camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Md Yasin, 43, of Block C/1 under camp 15, said Shamim Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Ukhiya Police Station. Yasin was a night guard at an NGO-run […]Continue Reading

Rohingya teacher abducted, shot dead in Cox’s Bazar camp

January 5, 2024

UKHIYA CORRESPONDENT A 28-year-old Rohingya teacher, Md. Faisal, was abducted and shot dead in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya. The incident occurred in the Kutupalong Rohingya Camp-4 on the night of January 4th. Faisal, son of Md. Rafique from the same camp, was forcibly taken from his home by unknown assailants and later found shot dead in […]Continue Reading

Four killed, three missing in UPDF factional gunfight in Khagrachari

December 12, 2023

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, KHAGRACHHARI AND KHAGRACHHARI CORRESPONDENT A fierce gunfight between two factions of the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) in Khagrachhari’s Panchhari has left four top members dead and another four missing, in a clash attributed to a dispute over territorial control. The conflict erupted late Monday night, around 10 PM, when armed Continue Reading

Rohingya leader hacked to death in Cox’s Bazar

November 25, 2023

NEWS DESK A Rohingya community leader has been hacked to death by a group of unidentified miscreants in the Ukhiya refugee camp of Cox’s Bazar. The deceased, Mohammad Ataullah, 50, was the majhi (community leader) of Balukhali camp no 19, Mohamamd Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Ukhiya police station confirmed. He said the deceased was returning […]Continue Reading

BRAC employee arrested for allegedly supplying arms to Rohingya camp

November 21, 2023

NEWS DESK Police have arrested a BRAC employee for his alleged involvement in supplying arms to the Rohingya camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar. The non-governmental development organisation has confirmed the matter to The Business Standard via an email. “We are aware of the arrest of a BRAC project staff in Cox’s Bazar. We […]Continue Reading

Two ARSA commanders held with firearms

October 27, 2023

NEWS DESK Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested two members of Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), including a top commander involved in the murder of a DGFI official. They were arrested on Thursday (October 26) during a raid in the hilly areas adjacent to the Rohingya camp at Ukhiya in Cox’s Bazar, said […]Continue Reading

Two killed in gunfight in Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camp

October 9, 2023

NEWS DESK Two Rohingya men, including a central Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (Arsa) commander, were killed in a separate clash and shootout between the Arsa and an anti-Arsa group at the Ukhiya Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar. The incident took place at the Ukhiya camp number 5 and 2-East Rohingya camp on Monday morning. The […]Continue Reading

BGB seizes huge cache of yaba pills along Myanmar border

October 6, 2023

NEWS DESK Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 255,000 pieces of yaba pills along the Myanmar border in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Thursday night. The border force was unable to detain anyone in this connection. According to a media release signed by Lt Col Md Mohiuddin Ahmed, captain of BGB Teknaf-2 Battalion, […]Continue Reading

Arsa chief’s aide confesses to group’s anarchy plot in Bangladesh

October 2, 2023

TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT Arkan Salvation Army (Arsa) Chief Ataullah Jununi aimed to create unrest in Bangladesh, his aide Ershad Noman Chowdhury was quoted by the RAB as confessing. In a press conference, the Captain of Cox’s Bazar RAB-15, Colonel H M Sajjad Hossain, disclosed that Chowdhury shared this information during his preliminary interrogation, following his Continue Reading