JS body fears Arakan Army may destabilize CHT, using local ethnic ties

April 29, 2024

NEWS DESK As the ongoing tense situation in Maynamr, bordering Bangladesh’s Bandarban and Cox’s Bazar, is likely to worse next month, the Arakan Army could try to destabilise the Chittagong Hill Tracts area by taking advantage of its affinity with local ethnic communities, the Jatiya Sangsad standing committee on home ministry observed. Such apprehension was […]Continue Reading

2 KNF members killed in Bandarban’s Ruma: ISPR

April 28, 2024

NEWS DESK Two armed members of the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) were killed during an operation conducted by the Bangladesh Army in the remote Baklai Para area of Bandarban’s Ruma today (28 April). “During the operation, three firearms, ammunition, walkie-talkies, and other equipment were recovered,” said a press release signed by Rashedul Alam Khan, assistant […]Continue Reading

JS body on CHT skips KNF issue

April 28, 2024

NEWS DESK The issue of Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) has not come up for discussion during a recent meeting of the Jatiya Sangsad standing committee on the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs. Even though the meeting took place in the Rangamati deputy commissioner’s conference room on Thursday, the current turbulent situation in Bandarban and […]Continue Reading

288 Myanmar security personnel sent back from Bangladesh

April 25, 2024

NEWS DESK In a coordinated early morning operation on Thursday, Bangladesh repatriated 288 members of Myanmar’s security forces who had sought refuge across the border. This group included members from the Border Guard Police (BGP), army, and immigration units. According to Shariful Islam, a public relations officer for the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), the Continue Reading

173 Bangladeshi returned, 288 Myanmar security personnel to depart

April 24, 2024

A total of 173 Bangladeshi nationals imprisoned in Rakhine returned home on Wednesday while 288 Myanmar security personnel who fled to Bangladesh due to conflict in other side of border will be repatriated by a naval ship sent by Naypyidaw. “Under Foreign ministry Myanmar wing’s special initiatives, the 173 ‘verified Bangladeshi’ today returned home Continue Reading

Family mourns as army corporal killed by KNF fire is laid to rest

April 22, 2024

STAFF REPORTER The funeral of Corporal Rafiqul Islam, who was killed by a KNF gunfire, has been completed under full military honors. Corporal Islam died in the KNF attack on Friday afternoon in the Yatri Chhauni area, which lies midway between Boro Tholi Para under the Ruma Upazila Army Camp. The attack also left two […]Continue Reading

Myanmar navy shoots two Bangladeshi fishermen on Naf River; one in critical condition

April 22, 2024

COX’S BAZAR CORRESPONDENT Two Bangladeshi fishermen have been hospitalised after being shot by the Myanmar Navy on the Naf River, near the Shah Porir Island border area in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar. The shooting incident occurred on the morning of Sunday, April 21. The victims have been identified as Mohammad Ismail and Mohammad Faruq, residents of […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh tells UN 65 sections of peace accord have been implemented

April 20, 2024

NEWS DESK Bangladesh at the 23rd session of the United Nations (UN) Permanent Forum on Indigenous People at the UN headquarters here has highlighted the progress of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord Implementation and the development of small ethnicities, ethnic groups and communities undertaken by the government. Bangladesh delegation led by Hill Chittagong Affairs Continue Reading

Myanmar security personnel cleared for repatriation on Saturday, says Bangladesh Foreign Minister

April 19, 2024

NEWS DESK Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud has announced that Dhaka has authorized the repatriation of Myanmar security personnel on Saturday (April 22), contingent on weather conditions and internal factors in Myanmar. “We have given our clearance for April 22. Whether they can take back their citizens on that day will depend on the […]Continue Reading

52 KNF suspects remanded in Bandarban

April 18, 2024

NEWS DESK A court in Bandarban remanded 52 members of the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) for four days in connection with two cases involving bank robberies, firearm looting, and the kidnapping of a bank manager. The individuals, apprehended for recent criminal activities in the area, were presented in court under stringent security. The Bandarban Chief […]Continue Reading