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RAMGARH CORRESPONDENT, KHAGRACHHARI An attempted abduction of a construction worker by suspected members of the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) was thwarted by labourers and local residents in Ramgarh upazila of Khagrachari on Wednesday. The incident occurred around 2 pm in the Sonaiaagha area, where a government road carpeting project is being implemented under Continue Reading
STAFF REPORTER The government has decided to rename seven cultural institutions across Bangladesh—currently operating under different titles—with the aim of preserving and promoting the cultural heritage of the country’s khudro nri-gosthi (small ethnic groups). The new unified name will be Jati Boichitro Institute (Institute of Ethnic Diversity). The decision was confirmed Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Five students of Chittagong University (CU) who were abducted a week ago have been released. Pahari Chhatra Parishad (PCP), an organisation representing students of ethnic communities, issued a statement on Thursday in this regard. Although the five students from various ethnic communities were reportedly freed on Wednesday, the matter came to light on […]Continue Reading
ALIKADAM CORRESPONDENT An orphaned student from Bandarban’s remote Alikadam upazila is among five University of Chittagong students reportedly abducted in Khagrachhari, local authorities confirmed. Langngi Mro, a second-year zoology student of the 2023–24 academic session, was identified as one of the victims. The others are Maitri Moy Chakma (Fine Arts), Rishon Chakma Continue Reading
STAFF REPORTER, KHAGRACHHARI A former member of the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF-Prasit) was shot dead in the Dumbil area of Chenghi union in Khagrachhari’s Panchhari upazila early Sunday. The victim, Amar Jiban Chakma, son of Satyapriyo Chakma, was reportedly attacked by a group of unidentified armed men who entered his home around 1:30am and […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK At least 30 shops were gutted in a fire in Dighinala upazila of the district early Wednesday morning. The fire broke out at Tripti Hotel in Boalkhali Bazar next to Larma Square at 1.45 am and engulfed the adjacent shops, said Md. Zakaria, Officer-in-Charge of Dighinala Police Station. Being informed, fire fighters rushed […]Continue Reading