JLA-KNF gunfight leaves four dead in Bilaichhari

June 22, 2022

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, RANGAMATI Four members of the Jumma Land Army (JLA), an armed group of Santu Larma-led Parbatta Chattogram Jana Sanghati Samiti (PCJSS), have been killed in an attack by Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) in Bilachhari upazila of Rangamati, KNF Lt Col Solomon has said. The deceased have been identified as Bichai Chandra Tripura (52), […]Continue Reading

Army distributes relief to families hit by calamities in Kaptai

June 21, 2022

KAPTAI CORRESPONDENT, RANGAMATI Rangamati’s Kaptai Army Zone has distributed relief assistance to the families affected by natural calamities. A total of 147 members of 30 families taking shelter at Kaptai High School received the assistance that includes rice, flour, pulses, soybean oil, sugar and salt on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. The acting commander of the […]Continue Reading

Peace Accord doesn’t disallow deploying police in abandoned army camps: Rangamati MP

June 17, 2022

DESK REPORT There is no mention in the Peace Accord that police cannot be deployed in the camps abandoned by the Army in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Rangamati MP Dipankar Talukdar has said. “Nevertheless, many people are saying that police deployment runs contrary to the Peace Accord and it violates the Peace Accord,” he told […]Continue Reading

Ctg depot fire: Love, respect pour in for firemen Mithu, Nipon killed in line of duty

June 6, 2022

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, RANGAMATI Last rites of firefighters Mithu Dewan and Nipon Chakma, who lost their lives in an inferno at a container depot in Chattogram’s Sitakunda, have been performed in their home district – Rangamati. Prior to this, they were given a guard of honour by the fire service. Mithu and Nipon’s funerals were held […]Continue Reading

Ctg depot fire: Two firefighters, from Rangamati, killed

June 6, 2022

NEWS DESK Two of the firefighters who died trying to douse an inferno at an inland container depot in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong hail from Rangamati. They are Mithu  Dewan, 50, a native of Rangamati’s West Tribal area, and Nipon, from Mantripara in the city’s College Gate area. Mithu worked at Kumira Fire Service Station. […]Continue Reading

Bengalis be shifted out of cluster villages, rehabilitated in CHT: MP Kujendra Lal

May 29, 2022

STAFF CORRESPONDENT Khagrachhari MP Kujendra Lal Tripura has called for moving Bengalis out of cluster villages and settling them elsewhere in the Chattogram Hill Tracts. “They should be rehabilitated in such a way that they can live peacefully,” he said while speaking at the launching of the APBn Regional Office in Rangamati on Thursday, May […]Continue Reading

Those who challenge state power are idiots: IGP

May 28, 2022

STAFF REPORTER Those who dare ignore the power of the people and that of the government are idiots, Bangladesh Inspector General or Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed has said. “Never underestimate the power of the government and the power of the people. Those who dare ignore the power of the people and that of the government […]Continue Reading

APBn will work for security in CHT: Kamal

May 28, 2022

NEWS DESK Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said Armed Police Battalion (APBn) will work in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) to ensure security alongside preventing bloodshed and extortion. “The APBn members will now work in abandoned camps of the Bangladesh Army and ensure security, stop bloodshed and extortion in the hills,” he said this while […]Continue Reading

CHT quota facility must be for all tribals, non-tribals: Maj Gen Saiful Abedin

May 28, 2022

STAFF REPORTER Major General Saiful Abedin, GOC of the 24th Infantry Division of the Bangladesh Army, has called for introducing a quota that applies to all living in the Chattogram Hill Tracts or CHT. “If there is a quota, it should be for all living in the hill tracts – no matter they are tribals […]Continue Reading

CHT Peace Accord: All problems to be resolved through negotiations, says home minister

May 28, 2022

NEWS DESK Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today said Armed Police Battalion (APBn) will work in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) to ensure security alongside preventing bloodshed and extortion. “The APBn members will now work in abandoned camps of the Bangladesh Army and ensure security, stop bloodshed and extortion in the hills,” he said this while […]Continue Reading