Home Ministry condoles Khagrachhari killings, vows justice

September 28, 2025

NEWS DESK The Home Ministry has expressed deep sorrow over the killing of three hilly people in an armed attack by miscreants in Guimara upazila of Khagrachhari district on Sunday. In a statement issued on Sunday evening, the ministry also conveyed sympathy over the injuries sustained by an army major, 13 army personnel, the officer-in-charge […]Continue Reading

3 killed in Khagrachhari attacks, tensions escalate in hills

September 28, 2025

NEWS DESK At least three people were killed and several others injured in an armed attack by miscreants in Guimara upazila of Khagrachhari district on Sunday. The identities of the deceased could not be confirmed immediately. In an official statement issued Sunday evening, the Ministry of Home Affairs expressed deep sorrow over the killings and […]Continue Reading

Hema Chakma elected DUCSU executive member

September 10, 2025

PARBATTANEWS ONLINE DESK Hema Chakma from the Chittagong Hill Tracts has been elected an executive member of the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU). She contested the post from the Resistance Council panel, a coalition of left-leaning student organisations, and received 4,908 votes, according to the election results. Hema hails from Khagrachhari. Chief Continue Reading

Former Minister Kujendra Lal named in case over attempted murder of journalist in Khagrachhari

August 26, 2025

PARBATTANEWS DESK A case has been filed against former State Minister Kujendra Lal Tripura and 127 others in connection with an alleged attempt to murder a journalist in Khagrachhari. The plaintiff is H M Prafulla, General Secretary of the Khagrachhari Press Club and district correspondent for BanglaVision. His lawyer, Md Afsar Hossain Roni, said the […]Continue Reading

Call to increase CHT parliamentary seats from three to eight

August 26, 2025

PARBATTANEWS ONLINE DESK Civil society groups from the Chittagong Hill Tracts have called on the Election Commission (EC) to raise the number of parliamentary seats in the region from three to eight. On Monday, 25 August, a memorandum was submitted to the Chief Election Commissioner at the EC headquarters in Agargaon. It was handed over […]Continue Reading

Hill girl Hema Chakma announces DUCSU poll bid

August 18, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS ONLINE DESK Hill student Hema Chakma has declared her candidacy for the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) election, pledging to promote inclusivity and protect student rights. A fourth-year student at the Institute of Health Economics, Hema is the daughter of former Chenghi Union Parishad chairman Anil Chandra Chakma of Khagrachhari’s Panchhari Continue Reading

High Court questions tribal hiring priority in Khagrachhari Hill District Council

August 18, 2025

STAFF REPORTER The High Court has asked the government to explain why provisions granting priority to tribal residents in recruitment at the Khagrachhari Hill District Council should not be declared unconstitutional. A bench of Justice Md Akram Hossain Chowdhury and Justice Fayez Ahmed issued the rule on 31 July after hearing a writ petition filed […]Continue Reading

Bengalis allege discrimination in new CHT Development Board advisory panel

August 17, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS REPORT The newly formed advisory committee of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Development Board has sparked criticism for excluding representatives from the Bengali community, which makes up more than half of the population in the region. On August 13, the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs issued a letter appointing nine members to […]Continue Reading

Four killed in UPDF-JSS gunfight in Khagrachari, say police

July 26, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK At least four people have been killed in an armed clash between members of the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF–Prasit faction) and the Parbatya Chattogram Jana Samhati Samiti (JSS–Santu faction) in Khagrachhari’s Dighinala upazila, according to police. The gunfight broke out around 8:30pm on Friday in the remote Sindhu Karbaripara area of Continue Reading

Army seizes large quantity of foreign liquor in Manikchhari

July 15, 2025

MANIKCHHARI CORRESPONDENT, KHAGRACHHARI The Bangladesh Army has seized a significant quantity of foreign liquor during an operation in the Garitana area of Manikchhari upazila in Khagrachhari district. According to army sources, acting on a tip-off, a patrol team from the Manikchhari Army Camp under the Sindukchhari Zone conducted raids on Monday night (14 July) in […]Continue Reading