Army doles out winter aid in Dighinala

January 17, 2024

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

New minister Kujendra pledges harmony in CHT on first state visit

January 16, 2024

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

Will work to ensure equal rights for all: Kujendra tells Parbatta News

January 11, 2024

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

Khagrachhari gets state minister after two decades

January 10, 2024

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

Two workers injured in terrorist shooting on Khagrachari border road

December 30, 2023

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

Gunfire exchange between JSS and UPDF in Khagrachhari

December 20, 2023

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

UPDF launches month-long market boycott in protest of leaders’ murders

December 15, 2023

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

Security forces rescue 3 abducted UPDF leaders in Khagrachhari

December 15, 2023

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

Khagrachhari on edge: Quadruple murder triggers road blockades and market boycotts

December 12, 2023

STAFF REPORTER, KHAGRACHHARI In a brutal incident that has shocked Khagrachhari, four individuals, including Bipul Chakma, the Organizational Secretary of the Democratic Youth Forum and former President of the PCP, were savagely murdered in Panchhari. This atrocity has drawn strong condemnation and protests from the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) Prasit 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