KHAGRACHHARI CORRESPONDENT A 45-year-old man was arrested with a homemade firearm and ammunition during a police raid in Matiranga upazila of Khagrachhari on Sunday afternoon. The arrestee, Brojen Tripura, is a resident of Yaminichhara area, police said. Acting on a tip-off, a team of police conducted the raid in Ayodhya Para of Belchari Union around […]Continue Reading
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STAFF REPORTER, KHAGRACHARI In Mahalchari upazila of Khagrachhari, a shooting by a rival faction resulted in the deaths of two United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF-Prasit) members and left another injured. The incident took place on Wednesday (January 24) around 7:30 AM in Dugom Durschari, Mahalchari Upazila, where attackers fired indiscriminately at a residence, Continue Reading
DIGHINALA CORRESPONDENT Bangladesh Army’s 24th Infantry Division oversaw a winter clothing distribution in Khagrachhari’s Dighinala upazila. The event, organized by the Formation Adhoc Recruit Training Center, took place on Wednesday (January 17) at the Pomangpara Government Primary School. More than 500 people from Thanapara, Chappapara, Pomangpara, Kumillatila and Continue Reading
STAFF REPORTER, KHAGRACHHARI Kujendra Lal Tripura, the newly appointed Minister of State for Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs, has affirmed his commitment to ensuring peaceful coexistence and equitable distribution in the hills. “Together, we will secure a harmonious and fair environment in the hills,” he said during his first official visit to Khagrachhari on Continue Reading
PARBATTA NEWS REPORT Newly sworn-in State Minister for Chattogram Hill Tracts Affairs, Kujendra Lal Tripura, commits to promoting equality and communal harmony in the region. Following his oath-taking at Bangabhaban on Thursday (11 January), he shared this commitment in his reaction to the editor of Parbatta News, the first and only news portal on Cox’s […]Continue Reading
STAFF CORRESPONDENT, KHAGRACHHARI Kujendra Lal Tripura, re-elected MP from Khagrachhari, has been nominated as State Minister, with the Cabinet confirming his appointment on Wednesday night. The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled for Thursday at Ganabhaban. Tripura’s appointment marks an end to a twenty-two-year absence of state ministerial representation for Continue Reading
STAFF CORRESPONDENT, KHAGRACHHARI/PANCHHARI Two construction workers were seriously injured in a shooting on an under-construction border road in Panchhari Upazila, Khagrachari. The attack, perpetrated by unidentified terrorists, occurred in the Harubil area around 6:30 PM on Friday (December 29). The victims have been identified as Abdul Rashid, 37, son of Abul Hashem Continue Reading
STAFF REPORTER A fierce gun battle broke out between armed members of the JSS-Santu and UPDF-Prasit in the remote Naraichar area of Babuchhara Union in Dighinala Upazila of Khagrachhari district on Wednesday afternoon. An estimated 250 to 300 rounds of ammunition were exchanged between the two groups during the hour-long battle. There were no immediate […]Continue Reading
STAFF REPORTER, KHAGRACHHARI In Khagrachhari, the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) Prasit group has launched a month-long boycott of the Panchari market, echoing a 2018 market boycott by the same group. The boycott, starting on Friday, is in response to the brutal murder of four leaders, including Bipul Chakma, a key figure in the Democratic […]Continue Reading
STAFF REPORTER In a dramatic late-night operation, Bangladesh Army personnel have successfully rescued three leaders of the UPDF Prasit Group, who had been abducted by the Democratic faction of UPDF. The decisive operation, conducted around midnight in the Tarabonchhara area of Lathiban Union No. 4 in Panchhari Upazila, resulted in the safe rescue of UPDF […]Continue Reading