A gunfight between terrorists has left one person dead and two others injured at Ramthar Karbaripara in Bandarban’s Roangchhari. The dead person was identified as Thamchu Bawm, 74. The injured could not be identified immediately. The incident took place around 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday (March 22). After the incident, police and army members recovered the […]Continue Reading
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NEWS DESK A youth was shot dead in a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya upazila this morning (March 15). The deceased was identified as Abdur Rashid, a volunteer at Balukhali Camp 8. Syed Harunur Rashid, commanding officer of Armed Police Battalion- 14, said a gang opened fire at Abdur Rashid around 8:00am, leaving […]Continue Reading
BANDARBAN CORRESPONDENT In Thanchi of Bandarban, members of local separatist organization Kuki-Chin National Force (KNF) have shot four people, including three labourers and one driver. Since this incident, about 16 people, including contractors and stone traders engaged in road construction work, were missing. KNF members released 12 of the missing 16 people, including Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Police on Monday arrested a Rohingya youth on charge of killing a farmer at Lohagara upazila in Chattogram on February 16. The arrested was identified as Mohammad Amin, 25, son of Azizur Rahman, of Rohingya camp no.4 at Ukhiya upazila in Cox’s Bazar, said police. Mohammad Amin was arrested in Kutupalong area in […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Another leader of the Rohingya community was shot dead by unknown assailants in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Thursday (Feb 23). The deceased was identified as Mohammad Selim, 28, a sub-majhi (deputy head) of Kutupalong camp. Sheikh Mohammad Ali, officer-in-charge of Ukhia Police Station, said Selim was out overseeing the field-level […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Police on Thursday arrested four persons for their alleged involvement in helping Rohingya people to get birth certificates, national identity cards and passports using fake addresses in Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar. The lawmen also arrested two Rohingya youths. Detective Branch of Chattogram Metropolitan Police arrested them at the GEC area on early Thursday […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK A Rohingya woman was shot dead and a leader was shot at in Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar on Thursday. Armed Police Battalion 8 senior assistant superintendent Md Faruk Ahmed said that a Rohingya youth Arafat shot the woman, Nur Haba, 27, at Leda camp of Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar at about 10:45am […]Continue Reading
BAGHAICHARI CORRESPONDENT, RANGAMATI Armed members of the United Peoples Democratic Front (UPDF-Prasit) and the Jana Samhati Samiti (JSS-Santu), the two largest regional parties, fought a fierce gun battle in the North Bengaltali area, about 16 kilometers from Rangamati’s Baghaichhari upazila headquarters. The firing started at 5:50 p.m. on Sunday (February 12) and Continue Reading
NEWS DESK A Rohingya man was shot dead by criminals early yesterday in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar. Noor Boshor, 33, of Kutupalong refugee camp, was a night guard for an NGO based in the camp, said Syed Harun-ur-Rashid, additional deputy inspector general of the Armed Police Battalion (APBn). Quoting family, he said, Noor left home for […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK A Rohingya community leader (Rohingya majhi) has been stabbed to death at Palongkhali camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar. The deceased was identified as Rashid Ahmed, 36, a resident of no. 15 Jamtoli camp in Palongkhali. Two to three unidentified miscreants stabbed Rashid in his second wife’s shed at the camp around […]Continue Reading